The US Department of Justice is said to be investigating Coinbase Contracting Customer Service Agents in India, who accepted bribes in exchange for allowing criminals to access user data.
According to the Bloomberg report on May 19, the Ministry of Justice investigators are discussing data breach, which It was revealed to the public On May 15. The Stock Exchange stated that a group of customer support contractors – later launched – “misunderstood their access to […] Systems to steal account data for a small sub -group of customers. “
“We have been reported, working with the Ministry of Justice and other American and international law enforcement agencies, and we welcome the endeavor to enforce criminal charges against these bad actors,” said Paul Gruejil, the chief legal official in Quebies.
Data violation led to social engineering attacks targeting Coinbase users, Including Sequoia Capital partnerWith losses of up to $ 400 million. The attackers also tried to blackmail $ 20 million of Coinbase for the lack of disclosure of the company.
Cointelegraph communicates with Coinbase to comment but he did not receive a response at the time of publication.
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