Cryptocurrency retailer QuickBit exposes over 300,000 records

guest · Jul 22, 2019

Cryptocurrency retailer QuickBit exposes over 300,000 records
July 22, 2019
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/vpn-privacy/quickbit-database-leak/

A QuickBit.eu database containing more than 300,000 records was left open such that anyone online could view its contents. On July 2, 2019, Comparitech, along with security researcher Bob Diachenko, made the discovery. The exposure was the result of a publicly available MongoDB database.
QuickBit is a cryptocurrency retailer that allows customers to purchase cryptocurrency using a credit card.

Although we know how many records were exposed, it is unclear how many QuickBit users were affected by the leak. We also don’t know if any malicious parties accessed or copied information from the database during the roughly six days it was exposed.

“The company has immediately taken the necessary measures to secure the system concerned. Our own initial investigation shows that neither QuickBit nor the company’s customers have been harmed”
In addition to those records, we also discovered 143 records with internal credentials, including merchants, secret keys, names, passwords, secret phrases, user IDs, and other information.
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guest · Jul 23, 2019

QuickBit Confirms Security Breach Exposed Details of Over 300,000 Customers
July 22, 2019
https://www.cryptoglobe.com/latest/...rms-security-breach-exposed-customer-details/

QuickBit, a cryptocurrency exchange listed in Sweden, confirmed on Monday reports of a security breach that left many of its customer records exposed.
Third-Party System Delivery
The security breach occurred during the delivery of a new third-party supplied system for customer screening. QuickBit said in a press release:

"In connection with the delivery of this system, it has been on a server that has been visible outside QuickBit's firewall for a few days, and thus accessible to the person who has the right tools."
QuickBit said the supplier of the third-party system was involved in assessing data security and that it would publish a public version of the incident report on its website shortly.
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