Coinbase puts $20 million bounty on crooks who tried to extort firm over stolen customer data

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Coinbase puts $20 million bounty on crooks who tried to extort firm over stolen customer data

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The hunter has become the hunted. After criminals tried to blackmail Coinbase by demanding $20 million in Bitcoin not to spill the details of a data robbery, the crypto giant has turned around and offered the same sum to whoever turns them in. At a time when crypto crime remains rampant,…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-05-15 09:01:00.