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Coinbase Fixes Vulnerable API that Let You Sell Bitcoin You Didn’t Own
Feb. 20, 2022, 1:09 p.m. | Aner Morag
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On Friday, February 11th 2022, a security researcher (Tree_of_Alpha on Twitter) discovered a flaw in Coinbase’s new Advanced Trading feature that allowed users to sell cryptocurrencies without owning them. According to the Coinbase blog, the flaw was resolved in a matter of hours without any malicious exploitation. And Coinbase paid Tree of Alpha the largest-ever bug bounty of $250,000.
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