Hacker locks Unicoin staff out of Google accounts for 4 days

Hacker locks Unicoin staff out of Google accounts for 4 days

August 20, 2024 at 11:22AM

Unicoin’s Google Workspace was hacked, with the hacker changing passwords for all employees, locking them out for four days. The company reported the incident to SEC, stating that the threat actor accessed and manipulated confidential information, including personal data discrepancies, compromised communications, and identity forgery. Unicoin believes the event won’t have a significant financial impact.

Based on the provided meeting notes, the key takeaways are:

1. A hacker compromised Unicoin’s Google Workspace account, locking employees out of their corporate accounts for several days.
2. Unicoin detected the compromise on August 9, 2024, and restored access for its staff to G-Suite about four days later, on August 13.
3. During the breach, the threat actor accessed and manipulated confidential information, including discrepancies in employee or contractor personal data within the accounting department, compromised communications of certain company managers, and identity forgery leading to the termination of a contractor.
4. Unicoin believes that the event will not have a material impact on its financial status and has seen no evidence of crypto assets or cash losses linked to the incident.

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