IT IS SUPPOSED THAT IN THE DARKNET KYC-USER DATA OF BITTREX, POLONIEX, BITFINEX AND BINANCE CAN BE SOLD

On the Dread darknet site, personal data of customers of cryptocurrency exchanges who have passed the KYC (Know Your Customer) procedure are offered for sale.

As it became known, in July 2018 the hacker under the nickname “ExploitDOT” on the marketplace posted an announcement about the sale of stolen documents, that the exchanges ask from users to pass the identification procedure — driver’s licenses, passports, income information, credit history, data about the place of work. ExploitDOT says that he has customer data of Bittrex, Poloniex, Bitfinex and Binance.

The cost of 100 documents is $10. The hacker is also ready to sell the stolen information in bulk-when buying 25 000 documents, the cost of 1000 files will be only $1.

CCN contacted a cybersecurity expert who wished to remain anonymous, and with his help established contact with the hacker to confirm information about the data offered for sale.

It is reported that the cybersecurity expert received from the attacker photos of three users holding their own identity cards and/or driver’s license, as well as a sheet with the inscription “Binance”, on which has been indicated the date when the photo was taken.

As it is reported, the specialist on cyber security immediately contacted Binance to authenticate the received information. Representatives of Binance said about “some inconsistencies” of the provided “probes”. The exchange also stated that no signs of unauthorized access to their system were found.