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

Re:Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data... by ClumsyPilot on Thursday May 15, 2025 @04:57PM (#43999267)

> will never be forced to reimburse all the damage they've done because the true cost would bankrupt the company

This story keeps repeating. Maybe we should try it and see if it works as a deterrent.

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Re:Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data... by bobthepanda on Thursday May 15, 2025 @06:45PM (#44000119)

It's worked before; Arthur Andersen ceased to exist after the Enron accounting scandal.

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Re:Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data... by toyg on Friday May 16, 2025 @10:58AM (#44006296)

They just morphed into Accenture.

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Re:Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data... by bobbruno on Friday May 16, 2025 @03:23PM (#44008954)

Actually the split between Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting (which later became Accenture) happened years before the Enron thing.

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Re:Coinbase says hackers bribed staff to steal customer data... by iambateman on Thursday May 15, 2025 @07:36PM (#44000417)

So you’re saying that one year of complementary credit monitoring by Experian isn’t enough??? /s

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