Huge crypto exchange hit by cyberattack
Coinbase has forecast a hit of between US$180-million and $400-million from a cyberattack that breached account data of a “small subset” of its customers, sending the crypto exchange’s shares down 3% in pre-market trading on Thursday.
The company said it received an e-mail from an unknown threat actor on 11 May, claiming to have information about certain customer accounts as well as internal documents.
The disclosure comes days before the company is set to join the benchmark S&P 500 index, marking a landmark moment for the crypto industry.
Coinbase said that while the attackers stole some data including names,…
