Odaily Planet Daily report: Bithumb has issued an announcement updating the follow-up on the hacking incident: On October 27, unauthorized external parties gained abnormal access to its internal mobile office system, Daou Office, resulting in the exposure of user data for 6,444 individuals. Among these, information for 5,600 users was encrypted and unreadable; actual readable data pertains to 844 individuals. Additionally, information for 715 employees and third-party personnel was compromised. The leaked data includes names, phone numbers, email addresses, resident registration numbers, driver’s license numbers, bank account details, and copies of identification documents.
The system is segregated from exchange accounts and asset information, and there is currently no evidence of direct intrusion into the trading system or customer database. Bithumb has blocked access, disabled the affected systems, and reported the incident. It is also enhancing real-time monitoring for unusual transactions and withdrawals, and is currently analyzing the extent of the breach.