Your Crypto Data is on Sale! (And No, It’s Not a Black Friday Deal)

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So, guess what? Some shady folks on the dark web are having a fire sale on your personal info. 🎉 Names, passwords, location data—basically everything but your grandma’s secret cookie recipe. And the lucky winners? Gemini and Binance users. 🏆

According to The Dark Web Informer (because of course, there’s a blog for this), a user named AKM69 (real subtle, buddy) is peddling 100,000 records of Gemini users. That’s right, 100,000 people’s full names, emails, phone numbers, and location data are up for grabs. And by “grabs,” I mean “sale.” Because nothing says “cybersecurity” like a bargain bin of your private info. 🛒

AKM69 claims this is part of a “broader campaign” to sell consumer data for crypto-related marketing, fraud, or recovery targeting. Because why stop at identity theft when you can also ruin someone’s crypto portfolio? 🤑

Gemini, meanwhile, is radio silent. Maybe they’re too busy Googling “how to respond to a PR nightmare.” 🤷‍♀️

But wait, there’s more! Another user, kiki88888 (because apparently, the dark web is just a bunch of people with usernames that sound like MySpace throwbacks), is selling Binance emails and passwords. 132,744 lines of info, to be exact. That’s a lot of people who probably regret using “password123.” 🔑

Binance Says It’s Not Their Fault (Shocker)

Binance, in a classic “it’s not me, it’s you” move, told CryptoMoon that the leaked info isn’t from a data breach. Nope, it’s from phishing. You know, when you click on that email that says “Congratulations! You’ve won a free iPhone!” and then your life falls apart. 🎣

The Dark Web Informer also chimed in with some sage advice: “Some of you really need to stop clicking random stuff.” Truer words have never been spoken. 🙏

This isn’t the first time Binance has been in the hot seat. Last September, a hacker named FireBear (because why not?) claimed to have 12.8 million records stolen from Binance. Binance denied it, of course, because admitting fault is so 2010. 🕶️

And if you thought this was an isolated incident, think again. Australian federal police recently warned 130 people about a crypto scam spoofing Binance’s sender ID. Because nothing says “trustworthy” like a scammer pretending to be a legit exchange. 🚨

Oh, and let’s not forget the Coinbase and Gemini scam messages from March 14. Fraudsters tried to trick users into setting up wallets with pre-generated recovery phrases. Because who doesn’t love a good old-fashioned wallet heist? 🎭

So, moral of the story? Stop clicking on random stuff, update your passwords, and maybe consider storing your crypto in a literal safe. Because the internet is a dumpster fire, and your data is the marshmallow. 🔥

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2025-03-28 07:49