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- Bitfinex’s CTO has debunked rumors of a suspected data breach on the crypto exchange’s platform.
- Ardoino highlighted irregularities contained in the claim by the acclaimed hackers.
- According to Ardoino, only 5,000 of 22,500 broadcasted emails matched with Bitfinex users.
Bitfinex CTO Paolo Ardoino has debunked rumors of a suspected data breach on the crypto exchange’s platform. In a recent post on X, Ardoino explained that information broadcasted by the acclaimed hackers is fake, and not derived from the crypto firm’s database.
Everyone panicking for a potential database breach on bitfinex.Tldr: seems fake.The alleged hackers have posted 2 mega links with sample data contains 22.5k records of email and passwords. – we don't store plaintext passwords, nor 2FA secrets in clear text.– only 5k of 22.5k…— Paolo Ardoino