Bithumb Hacked Through Employee System Amid Wave of Cyberattacks on South Korean Financial Firms

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South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb has been hacked through an internal employee system. The company says this system is separate from its trading platform. Bithumb is still determining whether any customer information was exposed in the breach. The incident comes as South Korean financial firms face a series of cyberattacks. Further details on the scope of the intrusion have not yet been disclosed.

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