Recent claims of a data breach at cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, involving the alleged theft of personal details of 400,000 users and 2.5TB of data by ransomware group FSOCIETY, have been met with skepticism by Bitfinex's CTO, Paolo Ardoino. Ardoino has denied these allegations, stating that the data purportedly stolen does not match their records and suggested that the incident was a hoax involving old data from previous breaches repackaged as new. He noted that no ransom was demanded, which is unusual for genuine breaches. Additionally, security researchers suggest that the claims might be part of a scheme to market hacking tools to potential criminals. Out of 22,500 alleged customer records, only 5,000 corresponded to actual users, and it was also revealed that Bitfinex stored plaintext passwords.
📣 Latest News: Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino Dismisses Claims of Database Hack as Fake #news #cryptonews #crypto
Security Researcher Says Scammers Marketing Hacking Tools Behind Bitfinex Breach Claims https://t.co/7CtNoYRZx5
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.@bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino states that if the hackers were truthful, they would have demanded a ransom. https://t.co/8C5XWbSQUW
Bitfinex CTO Dismisses Breach Claims as ‘Pure FUD,’ Says No Group Has Claimed Bounty #crypto #ransomware #bitfinexbreach https://t.co/7CtNoYRZx5
🚨 @bitfinex CTO @paoloardoino labeled recent claims of a database breach as dubious, noting the absence of a ransom request and mismatches in leaked data. Out of 22,500 alleged customer records, only 5,000 corresponded to actual users, suggesting hackers may have compiled info…
Bitfinex chief technology officer Paolo Ardoino claims that the exchange does not store passwords or 2FA secrets "in clear text." https://t.co/8C5XWbToKu
Nothing inspires confidence in Bitfinex's security when they respond to allegations of a Bitfinex Security Breach with... "Seems fake", while attempting to use the login data found on competitors exchanges to see if the passwords work on other exchanges.
So, it looks like the CEO of Tether, and CTO of Bitfinex, decided to use the "hacked" logins, to login to non-Bitfinex exchanges to see if those passwords worked. Then tweeted about it. Then deleted it. That's right folks, that's how a hundred billion dollar company CEO… https://t.co/JwOVDkecjk
A ransomware group claims to have targeted Bitfinex, but top brass at the cryptocurrency exchange deny that a cyberattack occurred. Here's what we know https://t.co/aLxAyybECn
Yesterday (or whenever, we don't care enough to get the exact date) F-Society ransomware group claimed to have compromised Bitfinex. This compromise is a hoax. Bitfinex was not compromised. The 'stolen data' is just a list of username:password combinations from GitHub.
It was confirmed hours ago to not be a finex breach by finex users noted in the dump. Some of it was from the ledger dump 5 yrs ago. https://t.co/SOFTFn8xB5
It was confirmed hours ago to not be a fine breach by finex users noted in the dump. Some of it was from the ledger dump 5 yrs ago. https://t.co/SOFTFn8xB5
.@bitfinex CTO @paoloardoino, also the CEO of @Tether_to, has cast skepticism on a ransomware group’s week-old claim that personal data from the exchange was breached. Hacking group FSOCIETY claimed last week to have hacked Bitfinex along with Rutgers University and two other… https://t.co/AxwFJ01gF7
Bitfinex CTO denies rumors of data breach from ransomware group https://t.co/c31WRlHjds
FWIW, looks like the so-called Bitfinex data hack is actually old data from other crypto hacks piled together and re-marketed as something new/bigger in an attempt to sell a hacking 'tool' to would-be hackers Weak FUD ... onwards
Ransomware group FSOCIETY claims to have gained access to 2.5TB of Bitfinex exchange information and the personal details of 400k users. Claiming that they will also leak the KYC of all users if the requirements are not met. According to Shinoji Research, a user tried one of the…
If you KYC'd with Bitfinex, you and 400k other customers have lost their personal data to criminals who are actively targeting crypto users. What did we tell you?
Follower tested the bitfinex hack, the passwords work. Meaning @Bitfinex confirmed to have stored plaintext passwords. I just tested 2 from it and can confirm, it prompted for 2fa, but did not say invalid password. More info: https://t.co/oDvBivaOko https://t.co/XGgWsW3WXK