coinbase errors this morning

Just an FYI for others.

Tried logging in this morning to Coinbase. Got a screen saying they are forcing two-factor authentication, which I already had enabled on my account.

Entered the auth code 3x and locked me out.
Said sorry for error. Try again later.
Hit refresh on the browser and was logged in.
Then got booted automatically 5 minutes after log in.
Logged back in and now dashboard won't fully load.

Perhaps still recovering from yesterday's outage.

Just logged into my account, working fine for me.

Are you sure you were actually logging into Coinbase? Being asked for your auth code multiple times is a huge red flag, as this is how phishing sites, masquerading as the real site, trick people into giving them multiple 2FA codes in order to quickly empty your account on the real site.

Working fine here.

roman375 said:

Are you sure you were actually logging into Coinbase? Being asked for your auth code multiple times is a huge red flag, as this is how phishing sites, masquerading as the real site, trick people into giving them multiple 2FA codes in order to quickly empty your account on the real site.

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That's exactly what I thought at first. But I typed in the URL by hand, and immediately double checked the URL the first time it errored. All seems to be working ok now.

waterworks said:

That's exactly what I thought at first. But I typed in the URL by hand, and immediately double checked the URL the first time it errored. All seems to be working ok now.

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Glad to hear that it's working but next time make sure the site you are on has https and the SSL certificate matches the real site. Just because you typed in the URL by hand and your browser appears to display the correct URL does not necessarily mean you are on the site you think you are. Legit URL addresses can be redirected to a phishing site through your computer's localhosts file if your computer is compromised.