Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coinbase users

Re:Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coi... by Dracophoenix on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @01:36AM (#28755808)

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".

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Re:Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coi... by fastball on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @02:16AM (#28756031)

This is almost nothing like Mt. Gox.

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Re:Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coi... by Semaphor on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @02:14AM (#28756015)

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.

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Re:Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coi... by onion2k on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @02:45AM (#28756199)

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

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Re:Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coi... by Semaphor on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @02:56AM (#28756258)

They already did.

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Re:Hackers drain cryptocurrency accounts of thousands of Coi... by dna_polymerase on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @02:36AM (#28756147)

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

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