{"id":19705,"date":"2024-05-06T15:37:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.io\/?p=19705"},"modified":"2024-05-06T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:37:34","slug":"bitfinex-data-breach-debunked-cto-confirms-false-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/bitfinex-data-breach-debunked-cto-confirms-false-alarm\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitfinex Data Breach Debunked: CTO Confirms False Alarm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitfinex&#8217;s Chief Technology Officer, Paolo Ardoino, has definitively dismissed claims of a recent data breach, calling them &#8220;fake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We spent the weekend thoroughly reviewing all internal data,&#8221; Ardoino stated. &#8220;As I previously mentioned, Bitfinex&#8217;s user database was not breached.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The false rumors originated on social media over the weekend, stemming from a tweet by Alice of Shinoji Research alleging a large-scale Bitfinex data breach by the hacking group FSociety. The tweet, later deleted, was amplified by a major breaking news account, causing widespread concern.<\/p>\n<p>Alice of Shinoji Research has since acknowledged the mistake. &#8220;The original BFX [Bitfinex] hack post was inaccurate,&#8221; they admitted. &#8220;It appears a group called &#8216;Flocker&#8217; compiled a list of Bitfinex login details from previous breaches, then presented it as a major hack attempt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ardoino reiterated that Bitfinex&#8217;s user database remains secure. The alleged hackers, he explained, likely compiled a list of emails and passwords stolen from other compromised platforms. &#8220;Unfortunately, many users reuse the same credentials across multiple services, including crypto exchanges,&#8221; Ardoino noted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: 326px; top: -1.60938px;\">\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitfinex&#8217;s Chief Technology Officer, Paolo Ardoino, has definitively dismissed claims of a recent data breach, calling them &#8220;fake.&#8221; &#8220;We spent the weekend thoroughly reviewing all internal data,&#8221; Ardoino stated. &#8220;As I previously mentioned, Bitfinex&#8217;s user database was not breached.&#8221; The false rumors originated on social media over the weekend, stemming from a tweet by Alice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1844,4020,5890,5891,5892,1996,5872],"class_list":["post-19705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crypto-news","tag-bitfinex","tag-cybersecurity","tag-data-breach","tag-fake-news","tag-fsociety","tag-paolo-ardoino","tag-shinoji-research"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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