Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino Debunks Claims of Bitfinex Cyberattack by F Society

In recent developments within the cryptocurrency sector, Paolo Ardoino, Chief Technology Officer of Bitfinex and CEO of Tether, responded to alarming assertions by a ransomware group known as F Society. The group alleged a significant breach of the Bitfinex database, claiming access to 2.5 terabytes of sensitive data, including personal information of roughly 400,000 users.



Ardoino quickly took to the social platform X to mitigate fears among stakeholders, indicating skepticism about the authenticity of the claims: “Everyone panicking for a potential database breach on Bitfinex. TLDR: seems fake,” he stated, suggesting a potential misinformation campaign rather than a genuine security breach.



This situation escalated when Shinoji Research reported that F Society had uploaded details to an onion site, including two Mega links con


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