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Bithumb hacked through employee system as South Korean financial firms face cyberattacks
COINDESK · NEW YORK — The breach hit an internal employee system that Bithumb says is separate from its trading platform, while the exchange is still determining whether customer information was exposed.
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- CoinDesk
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- 28 October 2026 · 05:10 UTC
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- 28 October 2026 · 12:19 UTC
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- https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/28/bithumb-hacked-through-employee-system-as-south-korean-financial-firms-face-cyberattacks
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