A bankrupt crypto firm tried to return funds — but customer data might’ve been stolen instead
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6DFAD)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The bankrupt crypto firm Voyager Digital suffered a potential data breach when it started letting customers recover their funds last month, as first reported by Bloomberg. In a court document filed on July 28th, Voyager's lawyers say they're investigating reports that scammers targeted customers using potentially stolen personal information.
Voyager Digital reopened its platform for 30 days in June, allowing customers to withdraw the funds that had been trapped in the brokerage following its collapse last year. While customers withdrew over $491 million from the platform, their data may have been compromised during the process.
Voyager's lawyers say they're aware of numerous scams and phishing attempts" affecting customers, some of...