Prominent crypto and blockchain analytics firm Nansen posted on social media platform X (previously Twitter) that one among its third-party distributors suffered a security breach affecting 6.8% of its customers.
According to Nansen, the breach gave hackers entry to admin rights for an account used to “provision customer access” to its platform.
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— Nansen (@nansen_ai) September 22, 2023
Without instantly naming the corporate affected, it mentioned this vendor is “an established company that is used by many Fortune 500 companies,” together with different firms within the trade, to handle data.
The customers affected by the breach reportedly had their e mail addresses uncovered, together with some password hashes, and a few had their blockchain addresses compromised.
Nansen mentioned it has recognized and knowledgeable these affected and requested all to alter their passwords. It additionally clarified that pockets funds have been unaffected by the occasion.
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Nansen is a distinguished useful resource within the crypto house and supplies on-chain analytics about most of the trade’s main gamers.
In a recent interview with Cointelegraph, Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik mentioned that he believes sooner or later, a protocol will exist that creates a stability between blockchain transparency and user privateness and is compliant with regulators.
In May, the corporate was amongst many struggling the consequences of the continued bear market, laying off around 30% of its workforce.
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