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I have recordings proving Coinbase knew about breach months before disclosure

(jonathanclark.com)
685 points jclarkcom | 2 comments | 16 Nov 25 20:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source
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chaps ◴[16 Nov 25 20:59 UTC] No.45948347[source]▶
Once did some programming/networking work for a company that did the networking of a office sharing building that Coinbase was running out of. Early in my work there I noticed that the company had its admin passwords written on a whiteboard -- visible from the hallway because they had glass for walls. So I sent them an email to ask that they remove it (I billed them for it).

Their fix was to put a piece of paper over the passwords.

What a time.

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1. eckesicle ◴[18 Nov 25 18:52 UTC] No.45970370[source]▶
I very much doubt the veracity of this claim. I worked at Coinbase for many years and this runs completely afoul of the culture there.

Even leaving your laptop unlocked for seconds in the office would have someone /pwn it in slack and get flagged by security.

If there’s one thing they took extremely seriously it was data security.

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2. chaps ◴[20 Nov 25 15:34 UTC] No.45993691[source]▶
You're misreading my post with Coinbase-tinted glasses. My post is about the building that Coinbase operated out of. Not Coinbase itself.