Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

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Post by hariswill » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 5:08 AM UTC

Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users
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Re: Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

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Post by Dracophoenix » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 5:36 AM UTC

Mt. Gox Part Deux. This is why I go by the adage "If you don't own the keys, you don't own the crypto".

Re: Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

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Post by taylorfinley » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 5:56 AM UTC

This was posted a few days ago with a much less sensational headline. Also important to note it was 6,000 users and Coinbase has made them all whole.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28719786

Re: Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

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Post by collectedparts » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 5:56 AM UTC

Discussion last Friday (re: California notice): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28719786

Re: Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

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Post by Trias11 » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 6:06 AM UTC

Person I know tried to reach Coinbase support human to no avail.

He searched google for "coinbase support number" and dialed the number found.

Friendly operator guided him to solve a problem.

$50k lesson learned.

Re: Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

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Post by Semaphor » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 6:14 AM UTC

Dracophoenix wrote: post #2

Mt. Gox Part Deux. This is why I go by the adage "If you don't own the keys, you don't own the crypto".

As much as I agree in general, if you own the keys and fuck up, then there would be no one to make you whole.

Re: Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

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Post by fastball » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 6:16 AM UTC

Dracophoenix wrote: post #2

Mt. Gox Part Deux. This is why I go by the adage "If you don't own the keys, you don't own the crypto".

This is almost nothing like Mt. Gox.

Re: Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

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Post by dna_polymerase » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 6:36 AM UTC

Dracophoenix wrote: post #2

Mt. Gox Part Deux. This is why I go by the adage "If you don't own the keys, you don't own the crypto".

You either didn’t bother to read the article or you have no idea what happened to Mt. Gox. Either way, you are wrong.

Re: Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

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Post by vntok » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 6:43 AM UTC

Trias11 wrote: post #5

Person I know tried to reach Coinbase support human to no avail. He searched google for "coinbase support number" and dialed the number found. Friendly operator guided him to solve a problem. $50k lesson learned.

Did he solve the problem?

Re: Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

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Post by onion2k » Tue, Oct 05, 2021, 6:45 AM UTC

Semaphor wrote: post #6

Dracophoenix wrote: post #2

Mt. Gox Part Deux. This is why I go by the adage "If you don't own the keys, you don't own the crypto".

As much as I agree in general, if you own the keys and fuck up, then there would be no one to make you whole.

Do you believe Coinbase are going to cover people's losses?