One more data breach in the same day.
Swiss Bitcoin Pay is a noncustodial bitcoin payments processor. It has had to shutdown its servers temporarily following Monday’s data breach.
The Neuchâtel, Switzerland-based company said The company said that the funds of users were secure, but they believed email addresses, IBANs and bitcoin addresses as well as transaction histories, hashed passwords and customer emails were compromised.
This announcement follows a string of hacks that have affected bitcoin and fintech companies. Revolut confirmed It was revealed last week that the company had handed over customer passports and driver’s licences as well as selfies of verification, transaction records, and other information to an unauthorized third party, who made fraudulent email requests posing as a genuine government agency.
Trezor, a leading hardware wallet maker, was able to impress last week warned The company was informed that criminals were using phishing to attack customers after a breach of data at the marketing platform they use for newsletters.
“A malicious user has likely gained access to Swiss Bitcoin Pay’s internal systems …As a precaution, we are temporarily shutting down our servers while we investigate and secure our infrastructure.” Swiss Bitcoin Pay announced on Monday.
This is what the company did. “User funds are safe, and any amounts owed to users will be fully returned.”
Bitcoin Magazine contacted Swiss Bitcoin Pay for comment but they did not respond immediately.
Lightning Network allows businesses to quickly accept Bitcoin payment using on-chain transaction.
In 2026, criminals will increasingly target data. Scammers were able in January to obtain customer data via the payment processor Global-e of crypto wallet Ledger to use phishing emails.
SafePal, the crypto wallet service provider announced data breaches last month that affected a number of customers.
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Source: bitcoinmagazine.com
