Cryptocurrency Exchange Coinbase Hacked Again: Employee Information Seized

Coinbase, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, was hit by a cyber attack last year. The accounts of 6,000 users have been emptied had explained. However, Coinbase announced that it had closed the security vulnerability and covered the loss of 6,000 users within 24 hours.

Today Coinbase officials announced that they have been hacked again. But this time the target of the attackers was the company login of the employees.

Fortunately, some Coinbase employees noticed this attack right away.

In Coinbase’s statement, unidentified cyber attackers reported that some employees phishing (phishing) what they text and stated that they wanted them to log into their accounts. Some employees realized that this could be a cyber-attack and notified the authorities, while others unfortunately fell into this trap. Employees who received their login details by calling the employees using Multi-Step Account Authentication (MFA) entered the system within minutes and transferred the employee login details to an external server. Coinbase officials who noticed the situation He managed to repel the attack by intervening quickly..

The officials, who completely changed the employees’ credentials, stated that the user’s information was not accessed in the attack and that the accounts were safe. Coinbase officials, who survived a serious last-minute attack, said the method used in the attack was a result of the hackers attacking Cloudflare last year. is the same as the method stated that they had submitted the necessary documents to law enforcement.

Last year Edited to Cloudflare In a similar attack, the hackers could not be detected, but the method used was not detected. Spread pigs / 0ctopus Evidence was obtained that showed he belonged to a hacker group called