Crypto Hacking: Nansen’s Third-Party Vendor Exposed Data Firm’s Customer Details

There’s a new crypto hack addressed these days. Check out the latest reports about it below.

It has come to light that a hacker stole a considerable amount of customer information from Nansen, a crypto data firm, by exploiting one of the company’s third-party vendors.

Nansen confirmed the security breach on Friday on social media platform X, admitting that the vendor breach allowed the hacker to access admin rights to an account used for customer access on their platform.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that 6.8% of their users had their personal data exposed. Affected users received email notification from Nansen, detailing the extent of the breach.

Email addresses were exposed for all affected users, while a smaller percentage had their password hashes exposed, and an even smaller group had their blockchain address exposed.

According to Nansen, a data firm in the crypto industry, a third-party vendor they use, who is an established company, has experienced a breach. It is uncertain at this time which company is responsible for the breach.

Nansen has requested the vendor to disclose the breach publicly. Nansen assures its users that their wallet funds will not be affected as they do not request private keys.

However, the firm advises its affected customers to change their passwords and be cautious of potential phishing attempts.

Speaking of hacks, not too long ago, we revealed the fact that Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum (ETH), reported that his social media account on X was hacked through a SIM-swap scam.

In a post on the decentralized social network Farcaster, Buterin explained that the hacker gained control of his T-Mobile phone number, which resulted in theft.

Buterin has confirmed that he has regained access to his T-Mobile account, which had been taken over through social engineering. Check out our previous article in order to learn more details.