Coinbase Global said Thursday that it has refused to pay a $20 million ransom demand from cybercriminals who bribed the company’s overseas customer support agents to steal sensitive user data.The cryptocurrency exchange estimated that the incident could cost from $180 million to $400 million,

Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange based in the U.S., said Thursday that criminals had improperly obtained personal data on the exchange’s customers for use in crypto-stealing scams and were demanding a $20 million payment not to publicly release the info.

Coinbase Global Inc. said hackers bribed contractors or employees outside the US to steal sensitive customer data and demanded a $20 million ransom, in one of the most high-profile security