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

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410 points gpi | 1 comments | 15 May 25 15:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.213s | source
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hypeatei ◴[15 May 25 16:05 UTC] No.43996432[source]▶
Whatever you think of Coinbase, this is a pretty good response IMO:

> and will not pay the $20 million ransom demand we received. Instead we are establishing a $20 million reward fund for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the criminals responsible

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1. phdp ◴[16 May 25 12:41 UTC] No.44004741[source]▶
No it isn’t! The headline they used is “Protecting Our Customers - Standing Up to Extortionists.” My issue with it is that they word their announcement in a way that leads people to congratulate them instead of saying we’re sorry for leaking your private information. I’m so angry at them over this.

Additionally the email they sent me had the subject “important notice” and that my personal account was affected as the third sentence in a rather wordy paragraph. None of this is ok and this is not a company taking this seriously.