Breach at Crypto Wallet Company Called ‘SafePal’ Exposes 39,798 Customers
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Custodial and semi-custodial crypto tools remain high-value phishing pivots—once emails leak, every future “security alert” is suspect. If you touch wallets or exchanges, assume your users will see convincing spoofed comms and harden your notification patterns and in-app verification flows now.
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