CoinGecko, a cryptocurrency data aggregator, has reported a security breach at its third-party email service provider, GetResponse. This incident occurred shortly after news of a fresh round of cryptocurrency airdrop scams. The breach, confirmed on June 5, allowed unauthorized access to over 1.9 million user contacts from CoinGecko’s database due to a compromised employee account at GetResponse. CoinGecko relayed the specifics of this breach in a statement: “An attacker had compromised a GetResponse employee’s account, leading to a breach. “We received confirmation from the GetResponse team on 6 June 2024, at 11:58 AM UTC, that a data breach had occurred.”