Coinbase stated no less than 69,461 prospects had private and monetary info stolen throughout a months-long knowledge breach that it disclosed final week.
The crypto big confirmed the variety of affected prospects in a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Wednesday, as required by the state’s knowledge breach notification legislation.
Coinbase’s submitting stated the breach dates again to December 26, 2024, and continued till earlier this month, when the corporate stated it obtained a “credible” ransom observe from the hacker claiming it had stolen buyer knowledge.
In a blog post, Coinbase stated the hacker demanded $20 million in a ransom fee to delete the information, which Coinbase refused to pay. The corporate stated the hacker bribed Coinbase buyer help staff into accessing prospects’ knowledge over a interval of a number of months.
The hacker stole buyer names, e-mail and postal addresses, telephone numbers, government-issued id paperwork, account balances, and transaction histories, amid fears that wealthy customers could be targeted.
