Security· ★★★★· bearish·

Hackers demand BTC and ETH ransom from GMO Internet

  • —Initial ransom demand was $50 million, later cut to $1 million
  • —26,739 servers of the Onamae.com Desktop Cloud service were affected
  • —GMO said no unauthorized transactions on customer accounts were confirmed
  • —The leak site was taken down around 04:00 on October 28
Why it matters: The breach at GMO's crypto exchange unit risks exposing user data and undermines trust in Japanese crypto exchanges.
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Source: CoinDesk Japan
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