Coinbase has a large data leak

Coinbase’s largest American crypto -rope confirmed the leakage of user data, which led to theft of clients for tens of millions of dollars. This was reported in the platform blog. From the message it follows that the attackers demanded $ 20 million in exchange for silence, but Coinbase refused to pay and announced the award in the same amount for information that will help establish individuals and achieve the arrest of criminals, writes RBC Crypto.

The largest Coinbase crypto-rope in the United States announced a large-scale attack, during which a group of cybercriminals bribed the employees of its foreign number and gained access to the data of customers. The exchange claims that we are talking about less than 1% of the total number of users.

The day before the publication on the Coinbase incident, she sent a hacker attack report to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as a result of which attackers gained access to customer data through the bribery of technical support employees. The company evaluates possible expenses for investigation, compensation and strengthening of protection in the range from $ 180 million to $ 400 million.

The exchange emphasized in the report that passwords, keys and access to funds were not compromised, and the incident did not have a significant impact on its operational activity. The investigation continues, the amount of losses can be revised.

Break more than a year

The well -known crypto detective of ZACHXBT, which, since mid -2024, publicly announced the problem of theft of funds from Coinbase, on May 7, reported that in the first seven days of May, about $ 45 million were stolen.

“Coinbase is faced with the problem of fraud using social engineering in the amount of $ 300 million,” the researcher also wrote at the end of March, later adding that no large exchange has such security problems.

The users have compiled names, addresses, phones, emails, bank details, photos of documents and transaction history. At the same time, passwords, two -factor authentication, balances or keys and infrastructure of wallets were not affected.

According to representatives of the cryptocurrencies, injured users will receive compensation if, as a result of the leak, they transferred funds to fraudsters. Coinbase has strengthened protection measures for compromised accounts and announced the forced launch of a number of number in the United States.

Before included in S&P 500

On May 13, it became known that Coinbase shares are included in the S&P 500 index – one of the main landmarks of the US stock market. According to the press release, the change will enter into force on May 19, after which Coinbase shares will fall into the exchange funds that monitor the index.

Coinbase will be the first crypto company in S&P 500. To get into the index, the company must report on profit for the last quarter and total profit for the last four quarters, CNBC said. In the first quarter of 2025, the exchange reported on a net profit of $ 65.6 million and $ 2.03 billion revenue, which allowed it to meet the requirements for included in the index.

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Source: Cryptocurrency

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