Coinbase breach tied to bribed TaskUs support agents in India

**Executive summary:** Coinbase disclosed a data breach tied to TaskUs customer support agents in India who were bribed to steal and exfiltrate customer data (names, emails, partial financial info, SSNs, transaction history, and ID scans), impacting nearly 70,000 customers; the attackers attempted extortion demanding $20,000,000, Coinbase estimated up to $400 million in losses, and TaskUs terminated the individuals and paused Coinbase operations in Indore while cooperating with law enforcement.