On darknet they sell the alleged user data Huobi

The name of the Huobi cryptocurrency exchange often appears in darknet markets where unknown hackers sell data, possibly belonging to the company’s customers.

Recently this month, the Binance Exchange CEO was requested
300 BTC for non-distribution of documents “related to the personal data of users” of the platform that were allegedly stolen. Other marketplaces also face similar problems.

The minimum cost of personal data per user Huobi starts at 30 cents. For this amount, you can get phone numbers and text messages that are sent during the withdrawal of funds.

One of the sellers claims that the phone numbers are “absolutely real” and can be used if their owners come in contact with potential attackers.

“The ratio of the number of users who use their phone numbers to the total number of data sold allows us to organize a pyramid scheme,” the seller says.

In addition to Huobi, less well-known exchanges such as BIKI, Hetbi and ZDCoin appear on the darknet.

Huobi Marketing Director Ross Zhang commented on the news, saying that the data in at least one such announcement does not belong to users of the exchange. The management of the exchange compared the disseminated information with its own database and came to the conclusion that only “a very small fraction of phone numbers correlates with Huobi accounts”.

“It seems to us that the attacker simply uses the name of the popular exchange to attract attention,” said Jean.

Phone numbers allegedly associated with Huobi users could be obtained in different ways than direct hacking into the exchange database. For example, a third-party messaging solution provider service might have been hacked, which explains the existence of confirmation codes for Huobi accounts in the distributed information.

“We understand that the leak of a database from a large exchange has given rise to new concerns, but this is not the case,” the representative of Huobi added.