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Large sets of personal data linked to users of Binance
A website that tracks these forums, Dark Web Informer, reported that a dark web seller named “kiki88888” had offered a separate batch of data linked to Binance.
That set allegedly includes more than 130,000 lines of information containing emails and passwords.
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Dark Web Informer suggested that the leaked Binance data may not have come from the exchange itself. Instead, they pointed to poor user habits, such as clicking unknown links or downloading suspicious files, as likely causes.
Additionally, Dark Web Informer suggested that a seller going by the name "AKM69" claimed to have a database of 100,000 Gemini user records.
These records reportedly contain full names, email addresses, phone numbers, and location information. Most of the data appears to be from users in the United States, with some entries tied to Singapore and the United Kingdom.
The listing, according to Dark Web Informer, was connected to an operation involving the sale of user data for crypto-related scams, marketing, or account recovery attempts.
So far, neither Binance nor Gemini has issued a public statement in response to these claims.
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