Considering people who have not used Coinbase and dont have an account there are getting these emails....
WTF makes you think its Coinbases fault that names and email addresses leaked? Its more probable they got the details from another source
Topic: Strange mail from Coinbase... (Read 2499 times)
Rather poor PR to throw a POS TOS in customer's faces as an excuse for this debacle.
Arrogance is obviously exceeding intelligence.
One can hope some of the large Coinbase private investors were included in the spamming.
Arrogance is obviously exceeding intelligence.
some big name will have been a target of this...
One can hope some of the large Coinbase private investors were included in the spamming.
Sue coinbase for someone knowing the name asociated with their email? Coinbase even allows you to use a fake username to be displayied in public. And even if they do get the name associated with the accounts, that about all the information they're going to get. Coinbase does off chain transactions and you can't track a user's transaction data.
Maybe the fact that emails can be collected for phising is bad but there was no sensible user data leaked.
Maybe the fact that emails can be collected for phising is bad but there was no sensible user data leaked.
I received 3 payment requests similar to you guys from mailinator. I talked to support and they said somehow they got our email and just can use that to send requests. Just decline the requests and no harm done. When I first logged in i was a little nervous but no big deal they spammed out coinbase like they would your email
some big name will have been a target of this, and will sue the pants off of coinbase, and they will likely win a dispute. it doesn't matter what your terms of service say in the financial payments industry, the onus is on you(the company) to safeguard customer data, including a person's legal name.
you can't just have a form where anyone can enter an email and reveal the account holders legal name. that's lunacy. what on earth were they thinking? this isn't facebook, this is finance.
I received 3 payment requests similar to you guys from mailinator. I talked to support and they said somehow they got our email and just can use that to send requests. Just decline the requests and no harm done. When I first logged in i was a little nervous but no big deal they spammed out coinbase like they would your email
My advice would be to not deny the payment just yet, you might want to leave it sit. What they're probably doing is phishing to see who has a Coinbase account and/or who is active on their account. If you deny the payment it will let them know that you have an active Coinbase account and will likely lead to more spam. Just my thoughts. So long as you don't pay them, having the request sit shouldn't do anything. Coinbase should be the ones removing.
+1!
I received 3 payment requests similar to you guys from mailinator. I talked to support and they said somehow they got our email and just can use that to send requests. Just decline the requests and no harm done. When I first logged in i was a little nervous but no big deal they spammed out coinbase like they would your email
My advice would be to not deny the payment just yet, you might want to leave it sit. What they're probably doing is phishing to see who has a Coinbase account and/or who is active on their account. If you deny the payment it will let them know that you have an active Coinbase account and will likely lead to more spam. Just my thoughts. So long as you don't pay them, having the request sit shouldn't do anything. Coinbase should be the ones removing.
I got those too. I just loged into coinbase and decline a coule of payment requests. I wonder where they got my email from.
Sure you logged into coinbase and not into a lookalike phishing site?
Onkel Paul
Yup. The links were real. Linking to the actualcoinbase.com domain. And besides that, any withdrawal would have to be confirmed through my email. Also access to my account from a diferent IP would send a SMS message to my phone for verification.
I received 3 payment requests similar to you guys from mailinator. I talked to support and they said somehow they got our email and just can use that to send requests. Just decline the requests and no harm done. When I first logged in i was a little nervous but no big deal they spammed out coinbase like they would your email
Coinbase has a mess to clean up. 
Yea, BP oil spill sized mess...
https://twitter.com/coinbase/statuses/451043329153572864
but then in replies you see...
http://pastebin.com/RzWipJFb
smh, hope its all April fools jokes or something... Definitely not funny...
I got those too. I just loged into coinbase and decline a coule of payment requests. I wonder where they got my email from.
Sure you logged into coinbase and not into a lookalike phishing site?
Onkel Paul
What I want to know is where the hackers got the email addresses from. The links are legit, they're originating from Coinbase but some users here don't even have an account so it has to be a leak from somewhere else. Gox database maybe?
Coinbase has a mess to clean up.
I got emails, and even pending stuff in account... smh...
Here is one I have received:
Links to coinbase are real. I do not remember I used coinbase but anyway password remind email does not come and a try to register was failed.
Links to coinbase are real. I do not remember I used coinbase but anyway password remind email does not come and a try to register was failed.
Damn it coinbase... Please don't be Gox 2.0
Seriously, we need at least one BTC business that's not a complete f**k up.
Seems like it could be numerous reasons...
http://blog.shubh.am/full-disclosure-coinbase-security/
https://hackerone.com/coinbase
Damn it coinbase... Please don't be Gox 2.0
PS - I blame it on this guy: http://blog.coinbase.com/post/80711658417/welcome-ryan-mcgeehan-and-todd-edebohls-to-coinbase
Who hires security from Facebook to look over your money? lol
http://blog.shubh.am/full-disclosure-coinbase-security/
https://hackerone.com/coinbase
Damn it coinbase... Please don't be Gox 2.0
PS - I blame it on this guy: http://blog.coinbase.com/post/80711658417/welcome-ryan-mcgeehan-and-todd-edebohls-to-coinbase
Who hires security from Facebook to look over your money? lol
I would imagine the Coinbase staff has been slamming Starbucks since 2 AM.
i think just request money with the username URGENT: Coinbase hacked. We
It appears the Coinbase customer name/email address data is now in the wild:
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