{"id":198382,"date":"2021-03-10T07:13:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T04:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/blockfi-users-targeted-in-racist-and-vulgar-email-attack\/"},"modified":"2021-03-10T07:13:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T04:13:57","slug":"blockfi-users-targeted-in-racist-and-vulgar-email-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/blockfi-users-targeted-in-racist-and-vulgar-email-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"# BlockFi users targeted in \u2018racist and vulgar\u2019 email attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

“# BlockFi users targeted in \u2018racist and vulgar\u2019 email attack <\/strong>”
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This week’s temporary closure of registrations for crypto lending and borrowing app<\/a> BlockFi<\/a> was due to<\/a> an attack by a \u201cmalicious actor\u201d according to Forbes.<\/p>\n

According to employees of the company, a single attacker began the registration process for more 1,000 fake accounts on Mar. 7, using email addresses belonging to real users. <\/p>\n

The attacker entered \u201cvulgar and racist\u201d terms as the first and last names for the fake accounts which resulted in about 500 emails containing offensive language being sent out automatically before BlockFi caught on to the problem and halted registrations altogether.<\/p>\n

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I received an email from @BlockFi<\/a> this weekend asking me to confirm my account (which I never signed up for in the first place). When I opened the email, it began with: “Hi **n-word**,” except of course this most violent racial slur was spelled out fully (1\/*)<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sara Sheridan (@SaraSheridan14) March 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n