{"id":42659,"date":"2021-05-18T10:23:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T07:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=42659"},"modified":"2025-08-31T00:13:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T21:13:15","slug":"pi-networks-mining-app-linked-to-17-gb-vietnamese-users-data-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/pi-networks-mining-app-linked-to-17-gb-vietnamese-users-data-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Pi Network&#8217;s &#8216;mining&#8217; app linked to 17 GB Vietnamese users&#8217; data leak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Pi Network app, which enables mobile mining of digital currency, may be linked to a leak of Vietnamese users&#8217; personal data, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/e.vnexpress.net\/news\/news\/personal-data-leak-affects-thousands-of-vietnamese-4279503.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VnExpress<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A 17 GB data dump is being sold on one of the hacker forums. It is alleged to contain information obtained from Pi Network users&#8217; KYC checks, including identity documents, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses.<\/p>\n<p>The seller has listed the database for $9,000, with payments accepted in Bitcoin or Litecoin. He says it contains data on ten thousand Vietnamese residents.<\/p>\n<p>Some users believe the breach did not originate with Pi Network. They note that the platform processed KYC data through the third-party identity-checking system Yoti, and that the documents listed in the database are not requested by Pi Network.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have already begun an investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before the incident, AIMultiple researchers conducted an <a href=\"https:\/\/research.aimultiple.com\/pi-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">assessment of Pi Network<\/a> and concluded that the platform displays features of a multi-level marketing scheme. Pi Network also does not publish its source code, according to VnExpress.<\/p>\n<p>The Pi token, which users receive, is not yet traded on exchanges, Cointelegraph notes.<\/p>\n<p>In April, the Hotbit exchange was subjected to a cyberattack, in which attackers allegedly gained <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/hotbit-reports-potential-leak-of-user-data\">access to data of nearly 2 million users<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog&#8217;s Bitcoin news on our Telegram \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pi Network app, which enables mobile mining of digital currency, may be linked to a Vietnamese users&#8217; personal data leak, according to VnExpress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1480,1188,1674],"class_list":["post-42659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain-apps","tag-data-breach","tag-vietnam"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"23","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42661,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42659\/revisions\/42661"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}