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CoinMarketCap data breach (2021)

During October 2021, 3.1 million email addresses with accounts on the cryptocurrency market capitalisation website CoinMarketCap were discovered being traded on hacking forums.

Victim
CoinMarketCap
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3.1M
SectorFinance

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2021-10-12, CoinMarketCap was affected by a data breach. Approximately 3,117,548 accounts were exposed. During October 2021, 3.1 million email addresses with accounts on the cryptocurrency market capitalisation website CoinMarketCap were discovered being traded on hacking forums.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#CoinMarketCap
  2. coinmarketcap.comhttps://coinmarketcap.com

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