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Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data, demanding $20M ransom

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410 points gpi | 2 comments | 15 May 25 15:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.461s | source
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mxhold ◴[15 May 25 16:30 UTC] No.43996671[source]▶
Interesting coincidence?

>On April 12, Coinbase updated their user agreement to take effect TODAY, May 15, with new language about waiving some rights to class action lawsuits and jurisdiction selection.

https://bsky.app/profile/jsweetli.bsky.social/post/3lp7sw647...

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1. sitkack ◴[15 May 25 16:55 UTC] No.43996924[source]▶
This should be illegal.
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2. jbverschoor ◴[15 May 25 18:31 UTC] No.43997879[source]▶
1 day after they were emailed.

Also, "Coinbase had detected the breach independently in previous months", aren't they required to disclose this? In the EU they are: Every EU institution must do this within 72 hours of becoming aware of the breach, where feasible