Swiss Bitcoin Pay Shuts Down Servers After Data Breach

Bitcoin Magazine Swiss Bitcoin Pay Shuts Down Servers After Data Breach Another day, another data breach.  Swiss Bitcoin Pay, a non-custodial bitcoin payment processor, said that it had to temporarily shut down its servers following a data breach on Monday.  The Neuchâtel, Switzerland-based company said that user funds were safe but customer email addresses, bitcoin addresses and IBANs, transaction history, and hashed passwords were believed to be breached.  A malicious user has likely gained access to Swiss Bitcoin Pay’s internal systems.

As a precaution, we are temporarily shutting down our servers while we investigate and secure our infrastructure.At this stage, we believe they may have accessed customer email addresses, Bitcoin…— Swiss Bitcoin Pay (@SwissBitcoinPay) September 14, 2026 The announcement comes amid a run of breaches hitting bitcoin and fintech firms.

Revolut confirmed last week that it handed customer passports, driver’s licenses, verification selfies and transaction histories to an unauthorized party that sent fraudulent requests from a legitimate government agency’s email domain.  And top hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor last week warned that a data breach at the third-party marketing platform it uses for sending newsletters was leading criminals to target customers with phishing attacks.  “A malicious user has likely gained access to Swiss Bitcoin Pay’s internal systems …As a precaution, we are temporarily shutting down our servers while we investigate and...