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<p class="is-style-lead">Hackers are said to have gained access to such private data as SSNs, emails, and phone numbers for more than 300,000 customers of Coin Cloud.</p> 
<p>An unknown cybercriminal (or a group of hackers) has reportedly gained unauthorized access to personal data for over 300,000 customers of the now-defunct Bitcoin (<a href="https://crypto.news/price/bitcoin/" data-type="link" data-id="https://crypto.news/price/bitcoin/">BTC</a>) ATM provider Coin Cloud.</p> 
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">An unknown Threat Actor(s) claim to have compromised Coin Cloud. <br><br>They allege to have exfiltrated 70,000 customer selfies (via ATM cameras), and 300,000 customers PII which includes Social Security Number, Date of Birth, First Name, Last Name, e-mail address, Telephone Number,… <a href="https://t.co/TJ7RUK18Yq" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/TJ7RUK18Yq</a></p>— vx-underground (@vxunderground) <a href="https://twitter.com/vxunderground/status/1723749038057574425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">November 12, 2023</a>
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<p>In <a href="https://x.com/vxunderground/status/1723749038057574425?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">an X post</a> on Nov. 12, researchers for the malware repository vx-underground said the hackers have allegedly exfiltrated 70,000 customer selfies, which were made with Bitcoin ATM cameras for KYC verification.</p> 
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<p>In addition, the cybercriminals accessed personally identifiable information such as SNN, email addresses, phone numbers, and so on for more than 300,000 customers of Coin Cloud. According to vx-underground’s sources, the hackers have also allegedly gained access to data for individuals residing in the U.S. and Brazil.</p> 
<p>While it is unclear how the hackers gained access to Coin Cloud’s database, the report says they have also stolen the source code to the entire backend.</p> 
<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="coin-cloud-bankruptcy">Coin Cloud bankruptcy</h2> 
<p>In early 2023, Coin Cloud filed for bankruptcy protection as the Las Vegas-based firm encountered “business difficulties and legal problems,” which resulted in losses of $40 million.</p> 
<p>In a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nvb.409411/gov.uscourts.nvb.409411.1.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">filing</a> in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada, the firm said it has 10,000 creditors with assets under management ranging between $50 million to $100 million. As per <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/restructuring.ra.kroll.com/genesis/Home-DownloadPDF?id1=MTQ0MjU5OA==&amp;id2=-1__;!!KZXpRQ!QlbanA7t2iUDnjNT-f5ocNt2KhlG3c24rp1EezQ8b3470N3jtDUG2bUHQF94Nd1X9QqcMZ9bL6oF49qaW3hsLgBLUMg$" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">court filings</a>, Genesis Global Capital, the troubled crypto lender, was the largest unsecured creditor of Coin Cloud, lending the firm over $100 million.</p> 
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