Liquid is a cryptocurrency exchange that ranks 16th in terms of trading volume.

Recently, Liquid’s platform was hacked and exposed customers’ personal information, which included names, addresses and passwords.

Security incident update as of November 13, 2020.

After the attack is contained, domain control is reasserted, and a thorough audit of our infrastructure is conducted, we can ensure that client funds are accounted for and kept safe and secure.

– Liquid Global Official (@Liquid_Global) November 18, 2020

“Liquid” CEO Mike Kayamori provided an explanation and clarification of what happened through Blog official and reported:

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On November 13, hackers took control of one of the platform’s domain names, quoine.com, which is the site of the Japanese parent company of Liquid.

After the hackers managed to break into the platform’s domain name, this allowed them to gain control of the company’s email addresses.

Kayamori added:

The hacker was able to partially penetrate our infrastructure, gaining access to the users’ personal document storage.

But we intercepted the attack and tried to contain it.

We have taken additional measures to protect users, as we have informed the police.

He also told Kayamori that customer funds are and will always be safe and secure, and that cold storage wallets have not been hacked.

But Kayamori noted that hackers managed to steal some personal information of users, and stated in this regard that:

Hackers stole customers’ personal information, which may include data such as email, name, email address and password.

Kayamori also noted that the company is also unsure whether the hacker was able to access personal identification photos and prove addresses used in identity checks.

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for information Accept Liquid platform credit cards and bank statements as proof of addresses.

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Kayamori told platform users:

It is possible that there will be an increase in the number of spam and phishing attempts.

Phishing attempts can be more complex and difficult to detect when the bad actor has access to your personal information.

From our side in Arab Bitcoin, we recommend changing the password in the trading platform and even the email, and if it is also possible to transfer money and currencies from it to more secure trading platforms.

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