NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Swiss federal councillor Alain Berset was the sufferer of an information breach that made his tackle, non-public e-mail and residential cellphone quantity public after an organization he used to purchase cryptocurrency was hacked, Swiss newspaper Le Matin Dimanche reported.
French tech agency Ledger SAS, which gives providers together with the acquisition, storage and safety of cryptocurrencies, suffered a cyber assault in June 2020 and Mr Berset was among the many clients whose information was compromised, the newspaper mentioned.
Mr Berset’s tackle and cellphone quantity within the canton of Fribourg could possibly be discovered on the Darkish Net, part of the Web the place stolen private information is usually offered, based on the newspaper.
Mr Berset is the minister for Switzerland’s Division of Dwelling Affairs, which has been a lead company for the Alpine nation’s coronavirus pandemic response. A spokesman for the division confirmed to Le Matin that Mr Berset “purchased cryptocurrencies just a few years in the past privately, so as to perceive how they work”.
The spokesman didn’t give the quantity the politician invested nor whether or not he nonetheless owned any cryptocurrency. Mr Berset was beforehand unaware of the information breach at Ledger, the individual mentioned.
Ledger says on its web site that it warned its clients by e-mail after the 2020 cyber assault. It additionally says their belongings have by no means been threatened, and that no data regarding particular quantities or transactions was stolen.