HubSpot Hack Leads To Data Breaches at BlockFi, Swan Bitcoin, NYDIG and Circle (coindesk.com) 4
A data breach at HubSpot, a tool used by many companies to manage marketing campaigns and on-board new users, has affected BlockFi, Swan Bitcoin, NYDIG and Circle. From a report: However, all the companies said their operations were not affected and their treasuries were not at risk. HubSpot is a customer relationship management (CRM) tool used to store users' names, phone numbers and email addresses for marketing purposes, and measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. While user information was leaked to hackers, the affected companies said passwords and other internal information were not affected. In outreach emails seen by CoinDesk, the companies said HubSpot is an external tool and hackers did not gain access to internal systems. HubSpot said the breach was the result of a bad actor getting access to an employee account and using it to target stakeholders in the cryptocurrency industry.
The company said 30 clients were affected, but has not published a full list.
mass email (Score:2)
I have no love for these companies that allow mass email campaigns in the name of marketing. Not surprising that they were vulnerable to an insider attack. HubSpot is lucky that the attacker only cared about crypto.
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I have no love for these companies that allow mass email campaigns in the name of marketing. Not surprising that they were vulnerable to an insider attack. HubSpot is lucky that the attacker only cared about crypto.
Maybe - If we can trust a marketing company.
You'd have better odds letting Jerry Sandusky babysit your ten year old son.