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Crypto.com breach exposed more data than CEO claimed, report

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Crypto.com CEO Kris Marszalek, hasn’t disclosed the full extent of the exchange’s 2023 data leak, according to crypto sleuth ZachXBT. Marszalek claimed on Sunday that the leak, which was first revealed by Bloomberg last week, had been disclosed in full to the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System & Registry (NMLS) and other relevant jurisdictions and called reports to the contrary “misinformation” and “unfounded.”  He added, “The incident was contained within hours, no customer funds were accessed or ever at risk, and impacted an extremely limited number of our users’ partial personally identifiable information.” ZachXBT, however, said the data leaked was far from “partial.” He revealed that it contained ID data, the contents of crypto wallets, emails, phone numbers, and more . The different sorts of personal data from the Crypto.com leak shared by ZachXBT. He noted that, if Crypto.com did indeed make the disclosures, that it “shoul...

Bitrue exploiter sends more ETH to Tornado Cash

The exploiter behind the $22 million theft of Bitrue’s crypto assets has started to move $30 million worth of crypto and deposit it into Tornado Cash.  Blockchain security firm PeckShieldAlert reported today on X that the address tied to the exploit began moving millions worth of crypto, including 5,111 ether (ETH) and 16 million DAI, to a new address.  Since then, another crypto security firm, CertiK, has reported that the exploiter deposited 1,000 ETH worth $2.7 million into Tornado Cash, a recently unsanctioned crypto mixer popular with privacy advocates and cybercriminals looking to launder ill-gotten gains.  #CertiKInsight The @BitrueOfficial exploiter has started sending ETH to Tornado Cash two years after they took ~$22M Bitrue were exploited in April 2023 due to a private key compromisehttps://t.co/OyUlFlh1sl pic.twitter.com/X53L382mZv — CertiK Alert (@CertiKAlert) June 12, 2025 Read more: Bitcoin DeFi project ALEX exploited again, aBTC depegs The Bi...