“On July 18, 2024, the investigation was complete, and we identified your personal information contained within documents related to certain of our customers that the unauthorized individual obtained,” explains Bitcoin Depot in the letter. Bitcoin Depot, an operator of Bitcoin ATMs, is notifying customers of a data breach incident that has exposed their sensitive information. In December 2024, a similar incident occurred at U.S. Bitcoin ATM operator Byte Federal, which disclosed a data breach affecting 58,000 customers. The information exposed in this incident is similar to data typically collected during Know-Your-Customer verification processes that crypto ATM operations in the U.S. are obliged to comply with as per applicable FinCEN regulations. Bill Toulas Bill Toulas is a tech writer and infosec news reporter with over a decade of experience working on various online publications, covering open-source, Linux, malware, data breach incidents, and hacks. Although the internal investigation was completed on July 18, 2024, a parallel investigation by federal agencies dictated that public disclosure of the incident should be withheld until it was completed. BleepingComputer has contacted Bitcoin Depot about the security incident but a comment was not avaialble.
This Cyber News was published on www.bleepingcomputer.com. Publication date: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:35:13 +0000