<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Canadian crypto firm, Coinsquare, shed more light on a “data incident” in an email the exchange sent to customers on Friday, according to a <a href="https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2022/11/26/major-canadian-crypto-exchange-coinsquare-says-client-data-breached/">CoinDesk report</a>.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The incident initially occurred on Nov. 19, prompting Coinsquare to undergo “an unscheduled maintenance period” to deal with the issue, Coinsquare </span><a href="https://twitter.com/Coinsquare/status/1594024708097179648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1594024708097179648%7Ctwgr%5Ec75de78f86f0415fe7aadef1a8b97a8bdc19bc5d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.coindesk.com%2Ftech%2F2022%2F11%2F26%2Fmajor-canadian-crypto-exchange-coinsquare-says-client-data-breached%2F"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> via Twitter, adding that no client funds were at risk.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The email sent days later revealed that, although no passwords were exposed, breached data include “customer names, email addresses, residential addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, device IDs, public wallet addresses, transaction history, and account balances,” according to CoinDesk.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coinsquare services were restored Friday across mobile and desktop platforms. A bug persists with the visibility of prior transaction history on the application, which engineers are working to fix, according to a </span><a href="https://status.coinsquare.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">status update</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> from the exchange.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coinsquare did not immediately respond to The Block’s request for comment.</span></p><br /><span class="copyright"><p>© 2023 The Block Crypto, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.</p> </span>