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Hackers Threaten Millions of BTC and ETH

Emily Mason

Summary: In 2019, hackers stole 50,000 email addresses from Canada-based exchange Coinsquare, according to reporting by cointelegraph.com. One of the involved hackers told VICE Motherboard that the plan is to take control of targets' phone numbers, giving them to access to information and cryptocurrencies protected by two-factor authentification. The hack could threaten millions of BTC and ...

In 2019, hackers stole 50,000 email addresses from Canada-based exchange Coinsquare, according to reporting by cointelegraph.com.

One of the involved hackers told VICE Motherboard that the plan is to take control of targets' phone numbers, giving them to access to information and cryptocurrencies protected by two-factor authentification. The hack could threaten millions of BTC and ETH.

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