Blockfolio, a cryptocurrency portfolio management service, has been hacked. The hackers sent messages to users, which said "the closure of the service for black people and n**** with the immediate loss of all funds."
We are incredibly sorry about the offensive messages posted today.
— Blockfolio (@blockfolio) February 9, 2021
1: no funds/etc. were affected; this did not interact with any trading features.
2: we have revoked access to the compromised Signal submitter and removed the messages.
Blockfolio is investigating the incident. The developers of the service said that users' funds are safe.
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Last August, the FTX crypto derivatives exchange acquired Blockfolio for $ 150M. The deal was one of the largest purchases in the crypto industry.