Former Coinbase support agent arrested in India for helping hackers access customer data via an outsourced support firm. 🛂

The breach exposed data of ~69,500 users, including partial SSNs and some KYC documents; attackers sought a $20M ransom. 🔐

🔗 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-coinbase-support-agent-arrested-for-helping-hackers/

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Former Coinbase support agent arrested for helping hackers

A former Coinbase customer service agent was arrested in India for helping hackers earlier this year steal sensitive customer information from a company database.

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