https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/coinbase-says-hackers-stole-cryptocurrency-least-6000-customers-2021-10-01/Oct 1 (Reuters) - Hackers stole from the accounts of at least 6,000 customers of Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O), according to a breach notification letter sent by the cryptocurrency exchange to affected customers.
The hack took place between March and May 20 of this year, according to a copy of the letter posted on the website of California's Attorney General.
But later in the article:
The hackers needed to know the email addresses, passwords and phone numbers linked to the affected Coinbase accounts, and have access to personal emails, the company said.
So if they had all that info from that many people it really sounds like the headline should be:
6000 people who used the same username and password for their coinbase & email & cell phone accounts were robbed because they had really poor opsec.
Sorry but if they had access to someone's email & cell phone accounts Coinbase and their
BTC is not their only problem at this point.
IMO the only reason it made any kind of news is because it was Coinbase / Bitcoin.
If this happened to 6000 people with Bank Of America checking accounts, there would probably be no headlines about it at all.
-Dave