# TechCrunch Week in Review: Coinbase gets hacked

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/techcrunch-week-in-review-coinbase-gets-hacked/
- Published: 2025-05-19T09:00:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image: Screenshot of Coinbase web user interface. Image courtesy of Coinbase. Article by Karyne Levy. TechCrunch – May 17, 2025. Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a hack at Coinbase; YC thinks Google is a ‘monopolist’; layoffs at Microsoft; and much more. Have a great weekend! Uh-oh: Coinbase says that customers’ personal information, including government-issued IDs, was stolen in a data breach. The hackers demanded $20 million from the company, CEO Brian Armstrong said in a post on X. Coinbase said it will not pay the hackers’ ransom. […] Click here to view original web page at www.techcrunch.com