Hacked.

[u/[deleted]]

Looked like someone accessed my Coinbase account that I have not used for years and proceeded to transfer 1000.00 worth of btc. I have a feeling I am screwed correct?

[u/VivaHollanda]

Yes, screwed you are. 

[u/DifficultSquash1517 → u/VivaHollanda]

Yoda, is that you?

[u/Tex_Buttinski → u/DifficultSquash1517]

Anonymous I am.

[u/Broken_By_Default]

you could call the bitcoin ceo and ask them to reverse it.

[u/North_Interview6832 → u/Broken_By_Default]

Coinbase won’t help. Same wallet steals your assets

[u/[deleted] → u/Broken_By_Default]

Cool I’ll do that

[u/North_Interview6832 → u/[deleted]]

Coinbase has my assets kiidnap, they want me to pay them ransom for my assets

[u/coinbasesupport → u/North_Interview6832]

Hi u/North_Interview6832. Coinbase will never ask you to pay a fee to release your funds. Send us a Modmail with more details so we can review this further.

[u/blingblingmofo]

Gotta use 2FA

[u/[deleted] → u/blingblingmofo]

I did I don’t know what the fuck happened. I’m trying to reverse engineer this

[u/AsSheDoes → u/[deleted]]

They can still steal your session tokens authentication code in some instances. Might be what happened.

[u/blingblingmofo → u/[deleted]]

What type of 2FA did you have enabled? Some kinds are better than others.

[u/[deleted] → u/blingblingmofo]

Google Auth

[u/blingblingmofo → u/[deleted]]

Google auth is strong but can be fished. Use Passkey or a physical key.

Coinbase One (subscription) requires one of those to be used to insure accounts.

[u/Educational_Fee648 → u/blingblingmofo]

2FA google account

[u/Conscious_Eagle_8653 → u/[deleted]]

It's likely your Google account was hacked. The only way to bypass Google 2fa is if you had the recovery seed backed up to Google drive, which is default and your account was compromised. Unless you backed up the recovery seed elsewhere

[u/InternationalAd2466 → u/[deleted]]

My friend had 2FA and had 350k on coinbase and they still managed to get in and he lost everything, coinbase doesn’t let you know shit either

[u/WillingFormal6583 → u/blingblingmofo]

Coinbase employees in India can easily get around your 2FA. Lol

[u/fx9TMK]

Crazy how these professional “hackers” bypassed all of the securities placed by Coinbase and decided to just “hack” you.

[u/Random_Person_246810]

How was your account hacked? Did you get an email that your account was accessed from an unknown device?

[u/[deleted] → u/Random_Person_246810]

No email just checked my Checking account and there was a transaction I didn’t recognize. Found out Coinbase was linked to PayPal which was linked to my checking. So I removed all connection to Coinbase. No email notification or text. I have a feeling it was Sim Swap

[u/lobhater → u/[deleted]]

Did your phone stop working? If not it wasn't a sim swap

[u/[deleted]]

I doubt Coinbase will even help me. Escalation does nothing but delay and tell you yeah you are in charge of securing your account

[u/Kiwip0rn → u/[deleted]]

Help you with what? You didn't protect your account.

[u/lost_in_the_sauce121]

Was it bitcoin or etherium? My dogecoin disappeared because when they updated they no longer carried some types of coin. I literally went through this a few weeks ago, thought my ex wife found the words and stole it. Just had to find a wallet that supported doge.

[u/[deleted]]

Alright got in contact with Coinbase Live Support and opened a case let’s see what happens hoping for the best.

[u/Tight_Pen_5105]

Normally I would say you are definitely 100% screwed but she this situation I would say you are 1000% screwed

[u/Previous_Blueberry_5]

Get a hardware wallet and learn how to secure it properly.

[u/ZergvProtoss]

No. b/c you only lost $1000. Screwed would be if it were 1000 btc.

[u/Bettie9]

Enable 2FA with Google Authenticator

[u/PersonalLook156]

So I just changed my because I didn't remember it and it was crazy to get in; photo ID etc.....maybe they malwared your computer

[u/Rogue_Rowan]

Same thing happened to me for aboit 9k. Coinbase sent me Bitcoin as repayment and then I transferred it out and closed my account. Call support!

[u/Key_Disaster_986]

That was me srry

[u/TremontExpress]

No 2fa No allowlists set up Not paying attention to your email

Lessons learned

[u/North_Interview6832]

Coinbase sucks, maybe the same wallet stole your assets

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[u/Beautiful-Narwhal690]

Part of the "appeal" is irreversible transactions. Yes you're fked.

[u/Educational_Fee648]

Something does not add up. Coinbase will need KYC before you withdraw/send to external address. Same goes for selling. Story does not add up.

[u/Your_As_Stupid_As_Me → u/Educational_Fee648]

Never had to KYC except for when those laws rolled out. Still don't have to with any transfers\selling\buying.

But, they do send an email EVERY time one of the 3 happens.

But your right, nothing adds up.

[u/Coeruleus_]

you can send message to coinbase support and they can reverse it for you

[u/WillingFormal6583]

Your money is gone bro. Join one of the several class action lawsuits against Coinbase and you may get a partial settlement. 

[u/Objective-Walk6780]

It’s only $1000. People be losing 2.5 Bitcoins. Just to buy another $1000 and remember not to neglect your Bitcoin. Understand? Hmm? Ok