{"id":478699,"date":"2025-05-07T20:26:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T19:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=478699"},"modified":"2025-05-07T20:26:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T19:26:48","slug":"zachxbt-reveals-coinbase-users-lost-another-45m-in-a-week-to-ongoing-social-engineering-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/zachxbt-reveals-coinbase-users-lost-another-45m-in-a-week-to-ongoing-social-engineering-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"ZachXBT reveals Coinbase users lost another $45M in a week to ongoing social engineering scams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchain investigator <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/zachxbt\/\">ZachXBT<\/a> revealed that Coinbase users lost another $45 million over the past week due to coordinated social engineering scams.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The update, shared on his Telegram channel, identifies multiple wallet addresses connected to the theft and links the latest activity to a broader pattern of crypto heists that has persisted for months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The report adds to ZachXBT's previous investigations, which have attributed<\/span> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coinbase-users-reportedly-lose-over-300m-yearly-via-social-engineering-scams\/\">over $300 million in annual losses<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to similar scams targeting <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/companies\/coinbase\/\">Coinbase<\/a> customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working with fellow researcher Tanuki42, ZachXBT traced the latest thefts across multiple blockchains, finding that attackers exploit weaknesses in Coinbase's user verification and compliance processes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theft addresses disclosed include several <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Ethereum<\/a> wallets allegedly connected to coordinated phishing and impersonation operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the findings, victims are contacted via spoofed phone numbers and persuaded, using stolen personal data, to verify suspicious activity on their accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scammers then send fraudulent emails that appear to be from Coinbase, complete with fake case IDs. Users receive instructions to move their assets into a Coinbase Wallet and whitelist an address, unknowingly giving the attackers control over their funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Persistent issue<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZachXBT has previously documented dozens of cases in which a consolidation wallet labeled &#8220;coinbase-hold.eth&#8221; funneled the funds. In one instance, a user reportedly lost $850,000, with evidence suggesting the wallet had received funds from at least 25 other victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The blockchain investigator and theft victims have repeatedly scrutinized Coinbase's risk controls. Many users report sudden account restrictions and slow customer support response times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZachXBT reiterated that Coinbase has failed to flag or freeze known theft addresses, even weeks after reports of fraudulent activity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two main groups are reportedly carrying out the scams: a cohort known as &#8220;The Com&#8221; and another operating out of India. Both focus primarily on US customers and deploy cloned Coinbase websites, sophisticated phishing panels, and malicious scripts to carry out their attacks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To bypass security tools, scammers often design phishing domains to block VPN users, making detection by compliance teams more difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reports also raise concerns about previous incidents involving Coinbase systems. These include old API key vulnerabilities in tax software that allowed sending verification emails to unauthorized recipients, and a $15.9 million theft from Coinbase Commerce in 2023.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to ZachXBT, Coinbase has not publicly disclosed these issues or addressed the security gaps that made them possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Changes for safeguarding<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To mitigate the problem, ZachXBT recommended various changes to Coinbase's platform. These include removing the requirement for phone numbers for users with hardware keys or authentication apps, introducing optional &#8220;elder&#8221; user account types with withdrawal restrictions, and expanding customer support for international users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also advocated for proactive community education, regular incident response updates, and the immediate flagging of known theft addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While ZachXBT acknowledges Coinbase's broader contributions to the crypto sector, including its Base layer-2 blockchain, asset recovery tools, and active legal defense against the US Securities and Exchange Commission, he argues these advancements have come at the cost of individual user safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The disclosure adds to a growing body of evidence suggesting Coinbase has become a recurring target for sophisticated social engineering campaigns. 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