(Bloomberg) – sequoia capital managing partner roelof botha was amon the coinbase global inc. Customers with Personal Information was stolen as part of a hack against the largest us crypto exchange, a person family with the situation said, signaling that that high-profile execuaves is among the target Breach.
Personal Information About Botha, Including His Phone Number, Address and Other Details Associated With His Coinbase Account, Were Stolen, The Person Said, The Person Said, ASKING NOT to Be Identated Discussing Protte matters.
Coinbase on Thursday Revealed that Attackers had bribed customer service representatives in India with cash in exchange for access to client data. Bloomberg news reported that information include names, dates of birth, addresses, nationalities, government id numbers, some banking data and details about when accounts were created and their balance.
The Thieves then Demanded $ 20 Million from Coinbase in Exchange for Covering Up The Incident, An Extortion Demand The Company refused to pay, it said. Coinbase Began Noticing Unusual Activity from Some Customer Service Representatives as far back as January, the company confirmed in an interview with bloomberg.
That the attackers gathered information about botha, which has not been previously reported, hints at the type of wealthy and wealthy and powerful targets that the outsides were looking to campromise. Botha is a member of the so-called paypal mafia, an influential group of former paypal employees that include peter thiel and elon musk. He Joined Sequoia, One of the World’s Foremost Venture Firms, in 2003, Placing Early Bets on Companies Like YouTube and Instagram. He became the firm’s leader, taking the title of Senior Steward, in 2022.
Coinbase declined to comment on the matter. Botha Didn’t Respond to a request for comment. Sequoia capital also declined to comment.
Some Customers Last Weekend Received Alerts from Coinbase Suggessting that their information has been handed improperly accessed, according to the person family with the matter.
The safety of crypto executives have become a topic of concern as the sector has become more visible.
France’s interior ministry assembled a group of Executives on Friday to explain immediative steps the country is taking to end a wave of kidnapings that’s Tarched Industry Leaders. Theose measures will include special checkups at the homes of crypto executives and specific briefings to them and their families.
The meeting come after the Daughter and Grandson of Chief Executive Officer of Paymium, A Virtual Currency Exchange, WERE The Targets of a Failed Kidnapping That TOOOOK PLACE Place in Broad Daylight in Paris. Before that, the Father of Another Man Made Rich from Cryptocurrency was TAKEN, then Freed Two Days Later.
Hackers have targeted the cryptocurrency industry for years. Suspected North Korean Attackers exploited the crypto exchange bybit in February, causing a $ 1.5 billion incidence that security researchrs described as a bigger incident
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