Nydig, Blockfi, Pantera, Circle all targeted in Hubspot Data Breach

Nydig, Blockfi, Pantera, Circle all targeted in Hubspot Data Breach

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nydig, Pantera capital, Blockfi Schwan Bitcoin Data protection injury were affected, according to Outreach emails checked by block works. Affected companies claim that customer funds are still secure. User information was passed on to hackers, but passwords and other sensitive personal information were not.

HUBSPOT-the username, email addresses and telephone numbers saved-said that the violation was a "targeted incident that concentrated on customers in the cryptocurrency industry".

According to a Hubspot spokesman, a "malignant player" had "compromised a Hubspot employee account" to access the information. Around 30 customers were affected, everyone was informed.

"We have ended access for the compromised HubSpot employee account and removed the opportunity for other employees to carry out certain actions in customer accounts," said the company based in Massachusetts in an email to Blockworks. "We take the privacy of our customers and their data incredibly seriously."

Adam Healy, Chief Security Officer at Blockfi, said that providers such as Hubspot, to whom customer information is entrusted, "are subjected to a number of checks".

"But even in these cases, providers can make mistakes, and as the events on Friday prove, there are incidents that affect us and our customers," said Healy in a explanation that was sent to block works.

CIRCLE, the financial services company that spent the stable coin bound to the dollar, told Blockworks that financial transaction data was "not affected by the security incident".

"We have communicated with the parties concerned and will follow all significant developments with you, while we continue to monitor and examine the incident," a circle spokesman told Blockworks.

"on sensitive personal data such as social security numbers or official cards was not accessed because this information is not saved on Hubspot."

Pantera Capital said that his hubspot account was Last month compromised. The Krypto-VC company sent an email on March 19, in which it insured the customers that their money was still available are safe.

events such as the Hubspot hack are “impossible to avoid”, but pale compared to “traditional companies”, Greg Gopman, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer of the Web3 infrastructure company Ankr, told block works.

"There is a good chance that a traditional company would have lost his customers' funds in such a comprehensive attack," said Gopman. "But the blockchain is much safer and its treasury was not even touched. Decentralized infrastructure protects data."

The full extent of the HubSpot hack is still unclear, since the company did not announced exactly how much data has been leaked. The investigation continues.

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