Binance, the largest centralized crypto exchange (CEX), has officially denied information about a possible data leak of 12.8 million users. An anonymous seller on the darknet claimed to have personal data of the exchange’s customers (names, dates of birth, countries, postal codes, and phone numbers).
Binance’s security team investigated and refuted the authenticity of the data put up for sale on the darknet.
«The data was not obtained from Binance», — the company’s technical support message says.
In August 2019, the crypto exchange already faced a similar situation when rumors of leakage of user verification data. After a thorough investigation, Binance concluded that the claims were unfounded, as the leak lacked digital watermarks of the system. The hacker threatened to publish 10 thousand photos of Binance users unless he received a ransom of 300 bitcoins.
According to rumors, this breach is directly related to the previous event.
In May of the same year, the attackers managed to steal 7 thousand bitcoins from Binance customers for more than $40 million (the BTC price was about $6K at the time).