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1 Dec 2020 · National · Other
Phishing MEDIUM ✓ Verified

What happened

Australia’s largest domestic digital currency exchange issued an official apology after an administrative data bungle. An employee sent a marketing blast using unmasked email chains, inadvertently exposing the names and personal email addresses of its entire user base.

Incident details

Organisation
BTC Markets
Date
1 Dec 2020
Attack type
Phishing
Severity
MEDIUM
Sector
Other
State
National
Records affected
Unknown
Threat actor
Human Error

Source

itnews.com.au ↗
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