Coinbase Rejects $20M Ransom, Pledges Same Bounty After Insider Leak Hits 1% of Users
$20 million ransom demand flipped into a matching bounty when Coinbase disclosed this week that bribed overseas support staff leaked partial data on less than 1% of its users, reigniting fears of insider threats across c...
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$20 million ransom demand flipped into a matching bounty when Coinbase disclosed this week that bribed overseas support staff leaked partial data on less than 1% of its users, reigniting fears of insider threats across crypto exchanges.
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