Crypto.com dismisses the hypothesis of a hidden breach: according to the company, in 2023 there was a social engineering campaign targeting an employee, contained within a few hours and with limited impact on personal data. Doubts remain about documents, timelines, and officially communicated numbers.
What Happened: Accusations and Denials Compared
A member of the Scattered Spider group, cited by Bloomberg, claims to have gained access to an internal account of Crypto.com between the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023.
On-chain investigator ZachXBT then echoed the allegations on X, stating that Crypto.com allegedly covered up a personal data leak, adding that the company had been “breached several times.”
Crypto.com categorically denies having concealed the incident. In a statement, a spokesperson confirmed that the company detected a social engineering episode on an employee in 2023, contained within a few hours, and issued a “Notice of Data Security Incident”
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