Michael Arrington, founder of TechCrunch and Arrington Capital, said the consequences of leakage of Coinbase personal data can negatively affect the safety of crypto -rhines users.

In mid -May, it became known that cybercriminals bribed employees of the Coinbase American Exchange Support Service, gaining access to personal information at least 1% of active users of the digital platform, which is about 1 million people. The exchange administration recognized the fact of a leakage of personal data, but limited itself to the financial side of the issue, indicating that the losses can cost the exchange of about $ 400 million.

However, the head of TechCrunch, Michael Arrington, drew the attention of the crypto community that the real price of the issue is not limited to the financial component, since the data of users, their physical addresses and remnants on the accounts, create gracious grounds for various kinds of abuses, up to the threat of physical violence from criminal elements.

“I am very disappointed in Coinbase. This hack, revealing home addresses and remnants in the accounts, can lead to violence and death of people. It is likely that somewhere it has already happened, ”said Arrington.

GITHUB Repository Jameson Lopp, known as Known Physical Bitcoin Attacks, Conducted The data that during the first months of 2025 22 physical attacks were committed on cryptocurrency holders, which ended with their injury or death.

Earlier, the Minister of Internal Affairs of France Bruno Retailleau, on the air of the Europe1/Cnews channel, announced his intention to hold an emergency meeting with participants in the national crypto industry to discuss the measures of personal security of entrepreneurs and members of their families.