Coinbase Inc. (COIN) is being sued by a customer who says the crypto exchange refused to help him after he lost $96,000 from his Coinbase wallet due to a hack, according to a filing in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California San Francisco Division on Monday.
The plaintiff, Jared Ferguson, lost “90% of his life savings” after his phone was hacked, the court filing said. Ferguson lost service on May 9 and T-Mobile technical support told him to get a new SIM card. After restoring service to his iPhone, Ferguson noticed that all the money had been taken from his Coinbase wallet.
The plaintiff immediately contacted Coinbase, which asked him for information about the security of his device, the last authorized transaction and a list of unauthorized transactions. Just over two weeks later, he was told Coinbase could not help him.
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