Betterment confirms data breach after wave of crypto scam emails

*On January 9, Betterment disclosed unauthorized access to a third‑party marketing platform that allowed an attacker to send fraudulent “triple your crypto” emails to a subset of customers and view customer PII (names, emails, physical addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth); the company says customer accounts and credentials were not accessed, and the actor subsequently attempted extortion and DDoS activity.*