: 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
If you believe your information was part of this or similar leaks, these are the recommended actions: Protecting Our Customers - Standing Up to Extortionists COINBASE.anom
: Cybercriminals bribed and recruited a group of rogue overseas customer support agents to steal sensitive customer data. : CEO Brian Armstrong famously refused to pay the ransom
: Attackers demanded $20 million in Bitcoin to prevent the release of the stolen data. COINBASE.anom
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.