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Bits of Gold Data Breach Exposes Personal Records of About 200,000 Customers

Investigators are working to confirm how many records were accessed, the identity of the compromised third‑party analytics provider, and whether the exposed data has been misused.

Israel’s largest crypto broker bits of gold hit by data breach affecting 200,000 customers
Via calcalist.co.il
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Overview

  • Bits of Gold disclosed Sunday that an unauthorized party accessed a third‑party data analytics/support system used by the Tel Aviv broker.
  • The company says names, national ID numbers, emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, bank account details and public wallet addresses may have been exposed.
  • Bits of Gold stresses that customer funds, private keys, account passwords, scanned ID images and full card/CVV data were not accessed.
  • Upon discovery the firm blocked and disconnected the affected system, hired an external cyber‑incident response team and notified regulators and authorities.
  • Security experts and the company warn the main immediate threat is social engineering such as phishing or SIM‑swap attacks using the stolen identity and banking data.