General Bytes shuts down its cloud service after a hacker compromised their Bitcoin ATMs
Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage General Bytes, a well-known Bitcoin ATM maker, recently announced that it was forced to shut down its cloud service upon discovering a major security vulnerability. According to the firm, the flaw allowed an unknown hacker to use the terminals to access accounts belonging to other users and breach their hot wallets after gaining sensitive information, such as passwords and private keys. On March 17-18th, 2023, GENERAL BYTES experienced a security incident. We released a statement urging customers to take immediate action to protect their personal information. We urge all our customers to take immediate action to protect their funds and https://t.co/fajc61lcwR… https://t.co/g5FGqvqZQ7 — GENERAL BYTES (@generalbytes) March 18, 2023 What happened? The Prague-based firm is one of the highly popular ATM manufacturers, and its website says that it has sold more than 15,000 Bitcoin ATMs, which...