Cryptocurrency hoax news this time coinbase came with… Thousands of customers of the cryptocurrency exchange platform became victims. hackers, on the Nasdaq list stole the cryptocurrencies of at least 6,000 customers of the digital asset exchange Coinbase. Hackers took advantage of a shortcoming in the two-factor authentication system.
the news first Bleeping Computer shared a website. The California attorney general’s office published a statement sent to the victims on its website. According to the statement in question, the incident took place between March and May this year.
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Coinbase made a statement on the subject.
Hackers to gain access to accounts two factor authentication took advantage of the shortcomings in the system. The attackers first gained access to users’ email addresses, passwords, and phone numbers. Coinbase explained that they were unable to “conclusively” determine how this happened.
Coinbase said its forecast in the continuation of its statement. Accordingly, the event is likely phishing attacks or any other method that tricks users into revealing their credentials. of social engineering results. They also revealed another important detail. Officials stated that there is no evidence that this information was obtained from the exchange itself. In other words, they emphasized that the attackers did not violate the security infrastructure.
However, hackers used the company to access accounts and transfer funds to crypto wallets. Verification by SMS It was stated that he took advantage of the vulnerability in the system. In addition to accessing wallets, attackers also gain access to information such as home addresses, full names and transaction histories.
Coinbase stressed that they fixed the vulnerability “immediately”. However, it did not reveal when they discovered the vulnerability or the hacking event. The company announced that they are working with law enforcement to uncover the incident and mitigate the situation. By the way, how much is the company in the attack? cryptocurrency He didn’t say it was stolen either. However, all the money users lost will be reimbursed told.