The email addresses of MetaMask users were exposed due to a hack of a third-party provider.

Some MetaMask users' email addresses may have been compromised because of a recently discovered security breach. The breach affected users who submitted customer support tickets to MetaMask between August 1, 2021, and February 10, 2023.



Unauthorized parties may have accessed a third-party computer system to process customer service requests, which could have allowed them to view the support tickets submitted by MetaMask users. Although the support tickets did not request additional information other than what was necessary to assist users, such as email addresses to facilitate replies, some users may have provided personal identifying information in a "free text field," such as financial or economic data, names, surnames, dates of birth, phone numbers, and postal addresses.



ConsenSys, MetaMask's parent company, stated that it
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