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- Bits of Gold, Israel’s largest crypto brokerage, said a security breach may have exposed personal information belonging to about 200,000 customers, while their funds and digital assets remained secure.
- The Tel Aviv-based firm disclosed the incident on Sunday, reporting that hackers accessed a third-party analytics network without authorization. The information potentially exposed included customer names, national ID numbers, email addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses, bank account information and public wallet addresses.
- The company said it responded quickly after discovering the breach by blocking access and disconnecting the affected system from its connected data sources.
- Bits of Gold said its investigation found no exposure of customer funds, private keys, passwords, CVV codes or scanned identification documents.
- The brokerage said its initial assessment suggests the incident could be connected to a broader global cyberattack that affected multiple companies around the same time.
- The breach is the latest in a series of security incidents affecting crypto-related businesses. Data associated with nearly 40,000 SafePal users was reportedly compromised after a third-party provider was breached. Earlier, on Aug. 13, personal information belonging to nearly 14,000 Trezor customers was exposed after its logistics partner, ShipMonk, was attacked.
- Bits of Gold said its security team is carrying out a detailed investigation with the help of an external firm specializing in cyber incident response and investigation. The company reiterated that customer funds and digital assets were not involved.
- Founded in 2013, Bits of Gold became the first Israeli crypto company to receive a permanent Financial Services Provider license. CEO Youval Rouach leads the brokerage, which has more than 250,000 customers and holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.
- The company also reminded customers that it will never request passwords, authentication codes or private keys, and will not ask users to transfer funds.
