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Byte Federal, one of the largest bitcoin ATM operators in the United States, said the personal data of thousands of customers may have been compromised during the recent hack.
In a Deposit Florida-based Byte Federal, in cooperation with the Maine Attorney General, said hackers attempted to access the data of 58,000 customers, including names, addresses, phone numbers, government-issued IDs, Social Security numbers, transaction activity and photos of users.
The company said the hack occurred on September 30 and was discovered by Byte Federal on November 18. It said an unnamed attacker gained access to the company’s network by exploiting a vulnerability in third-party software. The company said in a November blog post The error was in the famous developer platform GitLab.
Byte Federal, which operates more than 1,200 bitcoin ATMs — electronic kiosks that let you buy and sell cryptocurrencies — across the United States, said it has since conducted a hard reset of all customer accounts and updated its internal passwords. .
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