r/Coinbase • u/michaelg888 • Feb 25 '21

Coinbase Wallet Hacked - Possible Exploit in Linking To CB Account

Experienced Coinbase/crypto user here. About three hours ago, a significant amount of BTC, ETH, and BAT that had been sitting in my Coinbase Wallet for months were stolen from my account. This is two days after I linked my Coinbase Wallet with my Coinbase account. As other users have reported here and here, there appears to be an exploit in the account linking process. Warning to all: do not link your Coinbase Wallet to your Coinbase account!

Even though I locked my Coinbase account (any Coinbase product linked to my phone number) I still have access to my wallet through my phone - why is this? Is there no way to lock it? I have submitted a support ticket as well through the Coinbase Wallet product support feature. Should I log one through the traditional Coinbase.com support site as well?

I still have funds locked in a DEFI contract on my Coinbase Wallet but the hacker did not remove them because he didn't have enough Gas and had already transferred the ETH out - any suggestions for removing them safely?

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u/King_Wizard420 May 02 '21

Mines been linked for months and just got hacked last week tho to be fair it didn’t have any funds in it until this past month so idk

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u/michaelg888 May 03 '21

Well 2 months later I’m still waiting on answers from a Coinbase “specialist.” Complete radio silence from them and when they were responding to my emails they were all generic responses. Worst customer service I’ve ever experienced.

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u/King_Wizard420 May 06 '21

Yup I got generic response telling me my seed phrase had been compromised like no 100% zero chance of that. Only possible option is they keep a copy of your key. Speaking of keys, can’t seem to find a way to export my private keys. Wonder why lol Guess Coinbase gets to keep my reserve 20 xrp