Crypto Startup Arkham Faces Backlash for Doxxing Users and Privacy Breach
Blockchain analysis platform Arkham has found itself in hot water after it was revealed that the company had leaked its own customers' private information. The issue stems from Arkham's weblink referral program, where us...
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The issue stems from Arkham's weblink referral program, where users can invite others onto the platform by sharing their unique referral URL.
While these URLs appear to be a random sequence of characters, they are actually an easily decodable version of the user's email address written in Base64. ...
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