BtcTurk

Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk admitted to a data breach that leaked sensitive information of over 500,000 users.

The stolen data set contains BtcTurk users' names, citizen ID numbers, emails, addresses, birthdates, and mobile phone numbers.

The announcement assured users that the balance info, bank accounts, ID selfies, financial passwords, and other qualified info are safe.

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/turkish-crypto-exchange-acknowledges-2018-breach-with-500-000-users-data-stolen

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/btcturk

"id": "btc16223123",
"linkid": "btcturk",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "05/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 500000,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'location': 'Turkey',
                        'name': 'BtcTurk',
                        'type': 'Crypto Exchange'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 500000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Citizen ID numbers',
                                                         'Emails',
                                                         'Addresses',
                                                         'Birthdates',
                                                         'Mobile phone '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'description': 'Turkish crypto exchange BtcTurk admitted to a data breach '
                'that leaked sensitive information of over 500,000 users. The '
                "stolen data set contains BtcTurk users' names, citizen ID "
                'numbers, emails, addresses, birthdates, and mobile phone '
                'numbers. The announcement assured users that the balance '
                'info, bank accounts, ID selfies, financial passwords, and '
                'other qualified info are safe.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Citizen ID numbers',
                                 'Emails',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Birthdates',
                                 'Mobile phone numbers']},
 'title': 'BtcTurk Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}