Coinkite discloses that they leaked a copy of their user database

[BitcoinXio]

Canadian bitcoin startup Coinkite, which recently shuttered their web wallet and launched their new disposable hardware wallet just released a security notice disclosing that they may have leaked a copy of their user database.

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[LiteCoinGuy]

"They didn’t specify exactly how they may have leaked the database, but that they did while in the process of turning off servers, disabling firewalls, and cleaning up backup systems. It’s possible that a malicious hacker may have been targeting them knowing that their systems were being shuttered, and was able to compromise the database during this window of time."