Israel’s Largest Crypto Broker Reports Data Breach

Bits of Gold, Israel's largest cryptocurrency broker, announced a data breach affecting 200,000 customers. The Tel Aviv-based firm revealed that a hacker infiltrated a third-party data analytics network, gaining unauthorized access to sensitive customer information. This included names, national IDs, emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, bank account details, and public wallet addresses. The company acted swiftly to disconnect its system from the compromised sources to curb further damage.

According to Bits of Gold, no funds, private keys, passwords, or payment card information were compromised. The incident, which the company stated was part of a wider global breach, came as a shock to the crypto industry, which has seen a string of data breaches in recent days. Bits of Gold, founded in 2013 and the first Israeli crypto firm to receive a financial services provider license, boasts over 250,000 customers. As a private company, its shares are not traded publicly.