A massive data breach has led to more than 2.2 million users having their password data and personal information posted online, including information from the crypto wallet service GateHub.
According to a report by Ars Technica published Nov. 19, security researcher Troy Hunt confirmed that more than 2.2 million users had their data posted online in a massive breach of privacy.
Hunt, who is the researcher behind the “Have I Been Pwned” breach notification service, says that 1.4 million accounts from GateHub’s cryptocurrency wallet service were impacted, in addition to 800,000 accounts on the RuneScape bot provider Epic Bot.
The stolen information includes user email addresses, passwords, and two-factor authentication. While the original poster of the 3.72GB GateHub database claimed it included wallet hashes, GateHub officials later disputed the point following an investigation.
GateHub previously notified users of a hack occurring in July, which resulted in the theft of 23 million XRP. However, the company claimed the data compromise had been limited to around 18,000 user accounts, far from the 1.4 million that have recently been posted to the dark web.
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