Fintech firm Betterment confirms data breach after hackers send fake crypto scam notification to users
Automated investment platform Betterment has confirmed that hackers broke into some of its systems last week and accessed the personal information of an undisclosed number of its customers.
In an email sent on Monday, which TechCrunch has seen, Betterment said that hackers gained access to some company systems on January 9 by way of a social engineering attack, which involved “third-party platforms” that the company uses for marketing and operations.
The company said customer names, email addresses and postal addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth were compromised in the attack.
With this access, hackers were able to send a fraudulent notification to users, claiming to triple the value of their crypto by sending…
