Coinbase said the data incident originated from Amplitude, while its own systems and customer funds were not affected
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Coinbase said the incident originated from a third party Amplitude, and that no impact on its own systems or customer funds had been found.
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Coinbase Denial of data breach: the incident originated from Amplitude, while its own systems were not affected
PANews October 28 reported that Coinbase responded to reports circulating in the market about a data breach, stating that the breach did not occur in its own systems. The company said that a third-party analytics service provider Amplitude experienced a security incident, affecting some customer contact information, including that of Coinbase.Coinbase said that it has so far found no evidence of unauthorized access to its internal systems, that customer funds were not affected, and that it would notify affected customers and regulatory authorities in accordance with the law.
Coinbase said that the data breach did not occur in its own systems.
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Amplitude experienced a security incident, affecting some customer contact information, including that of Coinbase.
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Coinbase said that it has so far found no evidence of unauthorized access to its internal systems.
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Coinbase said that customer funds were not affected and that it would notify affected customers and regulatory authorities in accordance with the law.
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This is a response concerning a security incident involving a third-party service provider.Coinbase stated that the incident occurred at Amplitude, rather than in Coinbase its own systems; no evidence of unauthorized access to its internal systems has been found so far.
Why it matters to readers
The third-party service provider's security incident may involve customer contact information and lead to subsequent notifications and regulatory action.
The key point is to distinguish the third-party service provider's incident from an intrusion into the trading platform's own systems; the current scope of impact still requires further information to confirm.
Risks and unknowns
There is currently a lack of Coinbase the original announcement or an independent technical investigation report.
The evidence does not specify which customer contact information was actually leaked or whether it was misused.
The scope of customers and regulatory authorities to be notified subsequently remains unclear.
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