Intuit Sued Over Hack That Led to Theft of Cryptocurrencies (1)

Intuit Inc. was sued for failing to secure its email marketing service, which allegedly allowed hackers to steal cryptocurrencies from Trezor users.

Using a sophisticated phishing attack, hackers were earlier this month able to access cryptocurrency wallets sold by the Czech company Trezor, according to the lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court in San Jose.

Intuit’s Mailchimp email marketing service revealed on April 4 that hackers had penetrated its servers and harvested the “audience data” from 102 of its clients, including Trezor, according to the suit.

Using the data, the hackers sent phishing emails to Trezor users, warning them -- ...