The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is investigating how attackers infiltrated Coinbase in their recent customer data breach incident, Bloomberg News reported on May 19, citing a person familiar with the matter.
Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal confirmed the company is cooperating with federal law enforcement and intends to pursue legal action against those responsible.
Grewal added that Coinbase is also working with “other US and international law enforcement agencies.”
A spokesperson for the exchange declined to comment further on the matter.
Extortion attempt and internal breach
Coinbase disclosed in a May 15 statement that attackers bribed third-party contractors and employees in India, who had privileged access to the firm’s internal support systems.
The breach affected less than 1% of its monthly active users and compromised names, contact details, identity documents, and partially masked financial information. Core infrastructure, such as private keys, authenticatio
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