Your Data’s Gone, Mate: The Crypto Exchange Saga Gets Messier 🍿

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Oh, brilliant – because losing your wallet wasn’t stressful enough, now over 100,000 Gemini customers might be wondering if their personal data is being sold off like hotcakes on the dark web. Names, emails, phone numbers, and even locations. Seriously, it’s like a cyber shopping spree. 🛒

According to a blog post from The Dark Web Informer (a name that just screams “trustworthy vibes,” doesn’t it?), this mysterious villain, going by the name “AKM69” (creative, very 007), claims they’ve snagged a huge stash of Gemini user data. Honestly, if they put this much effort into a real job, they’d probably be CEO by now.

The stash allegedly includes around 100,000 individual records, mostly Americans (you guys need better firewalls), sprinkled with a few from Singapore and the UK – because, you know, inclusivity. Full names, emails, phone numbers, and, of course, location data – they’ve basically got enough to invite you to their next dystopian dinner party. 🍽️

“Stop clicking random stuff.” Which, to be fair, would make a solid billboard slogan. Or a tattoo. Your choice. 😏

Meanwhile, the big leagues, crypto.news, reached out to both Gemini and Binance, and surprise surprise – no one’s picking up the phone. At this point, it’s like watching two kids deny breaking dad’s favorite lamp. We see you. 🤦‍♂️

Oh, but wait. This isn’t Binance’s first rodeo. Back in September, a hacker with the spicy name “FireBear” (… cool but unnecessary) claimed to have 12.8 million records stolen from the exchange. What’s next – hackers using their zodiac signs as their aliases? 🔥♒

Binance said “nah” to that one, claiming their crack-team security squad found zero proof of a data leak on their end. Sure, mate. Sounds legit. 🙃

For added drama, let’s not forget that Bitnob in Nigeria accidentally exposed over 250,000 KYC docs. Misconfigured AWS bucket strikes again (seriously, can someone configure those properly?). Users went straight from “crypto chill” to “identity theft panic mode.” 🤷‍♀️

And as if that wasn’t chaotic enough – December brought Byte Federal’s customer data compromise (58,000 Bitcoin ATM operator users left vulnerable), and January exposed over 7 million OpenSea email addresses. Phishing galore. Can we just all agree to unplug for a minute? 🌎

Basically, if you’re in crypto, your data is making more headlines than you ever will. Cheers to privacy! 🥂

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2025-03-28 11:46