Coinbase has been sued by a surgeon in Indiana who claims hackers were able to steal almost $350,000 in cryptocurrencies thanks to inadequate safety measures implemented by the crypto exchange. More concerning, Coinbase allegedly accepted payments from the hackers to settle the surgeon’s outstanding loans.

Coinbase 被印第安纳州的一名外科医生起诉，声称由于加密货币交易所实施的安全措施不足，黑客能够窃取近 35 万美元的加密货币。更令人担忧的是，Coinbase 据称接受了黑客的付款，以结清外科医生的未偿贷款。

Doctor Ricardo Vasquez, a vascular surgeon operating in Bloomington, Indiana, filed the lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court last week. Coinbase is being sued for breach of contract, breach of the covenent of good faith and fair dealing, negligence, bailment, and unfair competition.

印第安纳州布卢明顿的血管外科医生里卡多·瓦斯克斯医生上周向旧金山高等法院提起诉讼。 Coinbase 因违反合同、违反诚信和公平交易契约、疏忽、寄托和不正当竞争而被起诉。

“Despite repeated promises of advanced security technologies and ‘bank-level’ controls, Coinbase allowed hackers to evade all security measures and empty the account of Ricardo Vasquez without raising any red flags or alerts,” the lawsuit claims. The surgeon alleged that password reset delays, device verification, and two-factor authentication weren’t enough to prevent the hackers, nor did Coinbase alert him in time.

诉讼称：“尽管一再承诺先进的安全技术和‘银行级’控制，Coinbase 仍然允许黑客逃避所有安全措施并清空 Ricardo Vasquez 的账户，而不会引发任何危险信号或警报。”这位外科医生声称，密码重置延迟、设备验证和双因素身份验证不足以阻止黑客，Coinbase 也没有及时提醒他。

According to the San Francisco Standard, the hackers converted his holdings into ether and made 217 transfers.

据《旧金山标准报》报道，黑客将他持有的资产兑换成以太币，并进行了 217 次转账。

During the time of the hack, Vasquez had an outstanding loan to Coinbase for $40,000. Instead of serving as a deterrent, the hackers were willing to pay off his debts in order to drain the account. According to Vasquez, this points to Coinbase securing its own interests before the welfare of its clients.

黑客攻击期间，Vasquez 向 Coinbase 借了一笔 4 万美元的未偿还贷款。黑客非但没有起到威慑作用，反而愿意偿还他的债务，以耗尽账户资金。根据 Vasquez 的说法，这表明 Coinbase 将自身利益置于客户福祉之上。

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“Coinbase engaged with, required, and accepted payments from the hackers before allowing them to transfer assets out of the account,” the complaint stated. “In short, Coinbase implemented controls to protect itself while ignoring risks to its own customers.”

诉状称：“Coinbase 与黑客进行了接触，要求并接受了黑客的付款，然后才允许他们将资产转出账户。” “简而言之，Coinbase 实施了控制措施来保护自己，同时忽视了自己客户面临的风险。”

The surgeon claimed that Coinbase customer service was unhelpful. Apart from failing to raise red flags, it was nearly impossible to reach the company — when he did, he was met with automated voice messages and employees hanging up on him. Vasquez claimed that it took weeks to get an understanding of what occurred from someone working at Coinbase.

外科医生声称 Coinbase 客户服务没有帮助。除了未能发出危险信号外，他几乎不可能联系到公司——当他联系到公司时，他会收到自动语音留言，员工也会挂断他的电话。瓦斯奎兹声称，花了几周时间才从 Coinbase 工作人员那里了解发生了什么。

The crypto exchange, based in Delaware and headquartered in San Francisco, has been asked to compensate Vasquez for $348,407 — the amount the surgeon has lost to the Coinbase hackers — as well as fees to cover interest and legal costs.

这家总部位于特拉华州、旧金山的加密货币交易所已被要求向 Vasquez 赔偿 348,407 美元（外科医生因 Coinbase 黑客而损失的金额）以及利息和法律费用。

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