Cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex experienced a minor security incident earlier this week through a phishing attack on one of its customer support representatives.
Although the issue has now been resolved, such attacks only underline the constant attacks of bad actors on major key crypto infrastructures such as trading exchanges.
User Data Remains Intact And Safe, Bitfinex Says
In a blog post on November 4, Bitfinex revealed that hackers perpetrated a phishing attack on a customer support agent; however, this venture yielded no gains for the bad venture.
According to the exchange, the targeted agent lacked senior permission, having only access to supporting tools and helpdesk tickets.
Thus, the hackers obtained no valuable data in their attack, as they could only access a minor portion of Bitfinex customer support boards, which contained “partial, incomplete and stale information.”
Bitfinex states that none of its operational systems was affected, nor were any of its server, w
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