Phishing Scare at Bitfinex: Employee Breach Exposes Users to Cyber Threats

A phishing attack was carried out on one of Bitfinex’s customer service representatives earlier this week, which resulted in a minor security incident. It was determined that the attack was not a virus, but rather a phishing attack.  

The Bitfinex exchange has recently suffered from a “minor” security incident involving one of its customer support agents, who was hacked by someone attempting to hack his computer. As a result, several users were targeted in phishing attacks as a result of the attack. 

An October 30 to November 5 incident, according to a recent press release by the crypto exchange, occurred during the period from October 30 to November 5.

The company, however, offered their customers a guarantee that there would be minimal impact and that no significant damages would occur as a result. 

A customer support agent who was given access to partial information of the customer, as a result of a phishing attack, was involved in the breach.

However, this attack only underlines how often bad actors attempt to attack major crypto infrastructures such as exchanges, even though the threat has now been resolved. 

As part of a blog post released on the 4th of November, Bitfinex revealed that hackers perpetrated a phishing attack to acquire information about customer support age

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