The blackbase bribed Coinbase to give them customer data

Coinbase was betrayed from the inside. Exchange of cryptocurrency The online criminals bribed some support agents to exchange personal information about Coinbase customers. The attackers obtained data such as names, addresses, email messages, phone numbers, government identifiers, convincing bank account numbers, and convincing departments of social security numbers. The perpetrators have deceived some Coinbase users to send money and also requested $ 20 million from the company to publicly not disclose illegal information.

Coinbase did not pay the ransom and cooperated with the application of the law for press charges. In the blog post, the company said it will provide a $ 20 million reward for information that may lead to the arrest and condemnation of the remaining attackers. He also said that the login data accreditation data for users and dual -factor authentication symbols are still safe. It will compensate customers who have sent money to extortion and will put additional guarantees on weak accounts. According to The accident is expected to cost $ 180 million to $ 400 million.