Kraken employees' improper access to customer data affects about 2,000 accounts
Two customer support employees at cryptocurrency exchange Kraken improperly accessed restricted customer information, affecting about 2,000 accounts. A criminal group threatened the company, saying it would release videos of internal screens. The company said customer funds were not put at risk.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Kraken
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Restricted customer information of about 2,000 accounts
- Cause / method
- Improper access to customer information by two customer support employees
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- Two employees' improper access to customer information and a criminal group's threats were made public, and the company said customer funds were not at risk.
- A data leak extortion case related to the Kraken insider breach was reported again.
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