Popular US-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini reported that users’ credentials were captured by attackers due to third-party negligence. The stock market made a statement on the subject.
Gemini said on Wednesday that a phishing campaign had some customers e-mail addresses and phone numbers He said it led to the gathering. By company no account information or system belonging to the exchange was affected by this identity theft.
In a statement from the company, “Some Gemini customers have recently been the target of phishing campaigns that we believe are the result of an incident at a third-party vendor.” was stated.
In total, according to the stock market’s forecast 5.7 million users email address and phone number affected by this breach.
However, according to users, the identity theft took place long before the warning call made by the exchange. Because the event that activates the company in this regard, reddit There were complaints from platforms such as, but it took a long time for the company to notice these complaints and take action.
Acting on the aforementioned complaints, Gemini declared that the security breach originates from third-party sites that users access expressed. At its core, attackers, who have obtained user email and phone numbers, are able to “snap” users into the network.Your Gemini password has been successfully changed, click this link to verify” as “phishing” type messages were sent. Gemini warned users to be vigilant against such phishing.