Poloniex Demands Action from Customers Following Security Breach

U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex has suffered a data leak and is enforcing a mandatory password change for all its users to prevent hackers from gaining access to their accounts.

Poloniex Is Warning All Its Users

This seems to happen a lot in the crypto world. Either it’s people’s money that’s vulnerable, or it’s their private data. Either way, it looks like Poloniex has put out a message to all its customers demanding that they change their passwords immediately to prevent cyberthieves from taking advantage of the breach.

The email being sent out reads as such:

While almost all of the email addresses listed do not belong to the Poloniex accounts, we are forcing a password reset on any email addresses that do have an account with us, including yours.

The verbiage in the message caused some to believe that it was all part of a phishing scam, including one Twitter user who goes by the name “Charly Satoshi.” The user later posted the message to the social media platform…