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FBI Investigating 3Commas Data Breach

The FBI is investigating the 3Commas data breach. The investigation comes after weeks of criticism from users of the Estonia-based crypto trading service, who say its CEO repeatedly brushed off warning signs that the platform had leaked user data.

This week, 100,000 Binance and KuCoin API keys linked to 3Commas were leaked by an anonymous person. On Thursday, two 3Commas users told CoinDesk that they were contacted by agents from the FBI’s Cincinnati Field Office in connection to the leak.

Over the last several months, dozens of 3Commas users found that the service had, without their consent, traded away funds on crypto exchanges they’d linked to it. Initially, 3Commas said that these users were most likely phished and insisted that the platform was safe.

A 3Commas victim group, which has around 60 members, previously reached out to the U.S. Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies in an attempt to understand how their funds had gone missing. The group’s leader, Edmundo (Mundy) Pena, told CoinDesk that he has tallied the group’s losses at over $20 million.

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