: CEO Brian Armstrong famously refused to pay the ransom. Instead, Coinbase established a $20 million reward fund for information leading to the arrest of the attackers. Helpful Steps for Affected Users
: The breach affected roughly 1% of monthly active users (approximately 70,000 to 1 million individuals). Compromised information included: Names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails. Government ID images (drivers' licenses, passports).
Last four digits of Social Security numbers and masked bank identifiers.
: Crucially, no passwords, private keys, or actual crypto funds were accessed during the breach itself.
: Cybercriminals bribed and recruited a group of rogue overseas customer support agents to steal sensitive customer data.
: Attackers demanded $20 million in Bitcoin to prevent the release of the stolen data.
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: CEO Brian Armstrong famously refused to pay the ransom. Instead, Coinbase established a $20 million reward fund for information leading to the arrest of the attackers. Helpful Steps for Affected Users
: The breach affected roughly 1% of monthly active users (approximately 70,000 to 1 million individuals). Compromised information included: Names, addresses, phone numbers, and emails. Government ID images (drivers' licenses, passports). COINBASE.anom
Last four digits of Social Security numbers and masked bank identifiers. : CEO Brian Armstrong famously refused to pay the ransom
: Crucially, no passwords, private keys, or actual crypto funds were accessed during the breach itself. : Crucially, no passwords, private keys, or actual
: Cybercriminals bribed and recruited a group of rogue overseas customer support agents to steal sensitive customer data.
: Attackers demanded $20 million in Bitcoin to prevent the release of the stolen data.