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Crypto firm Coinbase says hackers stole customer info by bribing employees, demanded $20M ransom payment

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Crypto firm says hackers stole customer info by bribing employees, demanded $ 20 M ransom payment.

CEO Brian Armstrong says criminals bribed some of the company’s customer service agents who live outside the US to hand over personal data on customers.

Those employees had been fired, and the company said it stepped up its fraud prevention efforts.

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