Hackers breached Mailchimp to phish cryptocurrency wallets
Mailchimp, the veteran email marketing platform, has confirmed that hackers used an internal tool to steal data from more than 100 of its clients — with the data being used to mount phishing attacks on the users of cryptocurrency services.
The breach was confirmed to the press by Mailchimp on Monday, but it had come to light over the weekend when users of the Trezor hardware cryptocurrency wallet reported being targeted by sophisticated phishing emails.
MailChimp have confirmed that their service has been compromised by an insider targeting crypto companies.
— Trezor (@Trezor) April 3, 2022
We have managed to take the phishing domain offline. We are trying to determine how many email addresses have been affected. 1/
In a statement...