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Morning Edition · Thursday, October 29, 2026Published at 1:42 AM EDT · New York
South Korean Regulators Inspect Bithumb After Hackers Breach Its Internal Staff System, as a Miami Court Sentences a Support-Call Scammer
Bithumb says customer assets were untouched but has not ruled out exposure of member data, and the Miami case shows how stolen personal details become impersonation theft worth more than $13 million.
Bithumb, one of South Korea's largest crypto exchanges, discovered on October 27 that attackers had accessed its internal mobile groupware, the system staff use for messaging and information sharing. The Financial Services Commission (FSC)…
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