Coinbase confirms insiders handed over data of 70K users

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https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/21/coinbase_confirms_insider_breach_affects/ – Bribed support staff identified, fired

Coinbase says the data of nearly 70,000 customers was handed over by overseas support staff who were bribed by criminals to give up the goods. The crypto giant confirmed 69,461 users would be receiving direct communications from the company about the attack in a notification filed with Maine’s Attorney General on Tuesday. …

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https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/17/coinbase_breach_timeline/ – Security researcher calls BS on Coinbase breach disclosure timeline
https://jonathanclark.com/posts/coinbase-breach-timeline.html

… The researcher, Jonathan Clark, says he knows this for a fact because he reported the attack to Coinbase on January 7 after the criminals tried to scam him. … “What happened next was chilling,” Clark said in a November 16 blog. “She knew my social security number. She knew my Bitcoin balance down to the decimal point. She knew personal details that should have been impossible for a scammer to possess.” …

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https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/29/indian_cops_cuff_coinbase_exrep/ – .IN cops cuff ex-Coinbase rep over selling customer info to crims

… The Coinbase chief said on X the day after Christmas that Hyderabad police had arrested an ex-Coinbase customer service agent, and that the apprehensions weren’t going to stop there. … The arrest follows a May disclosure by Coinbase that “a group of rogue overseas support agents” working for the US-based cryptocurrency exchange had allegedly taken bribes from cybercriminals in exchange for nearly 70,000 customer records. …

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