Coinbase says that Hacker stolen cryptocurrency of at least 6,000 customers

The hack took place between March and May 20 of this year, according to a copy of the letter that was published on the website of the California General Prosecutor.

unauthorized third parties have exploited an error in the recovery process of the company's SMS account in order to receive access to the accounts and use funds. To be transferred crypto Wallets that are not connected to coinbase, said the company.

"We immediately resolved the error and worked with these customers to regain control of their accounts and to reimburse them the lost funds," said a coin base spokesman on Friday.

The hackers would have to know the e-mail addresses, passwords and telephone numbers linked to the affected coinbase accounts and have access to personal emails, the company shared with.

Coinbase said there was no evidence that the information comes from the company.

News about the hack have previously been reported by the Technology News Portal Bleeping Computer.

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(Reporting by Niket Nishant in Bengaluru; Editor of Shounak Dasgupta)