People search Coinbase data breach timeline because the brand sits on billions of accounts, credentials, and cloud workloads. BreachHistory indexes 1 Coinbase-linked incident. This page maps every attested event through 2026 with internal links to canonical records.
Why Coinbase breach history matters
Coinbase operates in Finance (United States). Across indexed rows, recurring themes include mixed intrusion and disclosure events. Understanding the chronological pattern helps security teams, customers, and regulators separate confirmed disclosures from forum marketing.
Full timeline through 2026
2013 — — Coinbase: A flaw in Coinbase's systems cause the information…
Cataloged incident. A flaw in Coinbase's systems cause the information of some merchants to be exposed. Any merchant who created a buy now button, donate button, or hosted a payment page using Coinbase's Merchant Tools and posted a public link to it online had the page publicly visible on the internet. The page contained the company name, website, phone number, email address, and mailing address. Additionally, anyone could search for public Coinbase merchant payment pages and collect the email addresses of merch Exposed categories include Personal information. No attested victim count is published for this row yet. See the coinbase2013 and canonical BreachHistory entry.
Patterns and analysis
- Mixed intrusion and disclosure events — appears across multiple Coinbase catalog entries; prioritize controls that address this class of failure.
- Record-count hygiene — BreachHistory indexes actor-cited figures separately from company-confirmed totals; read each row's technicalWriteup before treating counts as fact.
- 2026 monitoring — New disclosures roll into this timeline as they are verified or labeled unverified per catalog policy.
What to do if you may be affected
- Step 1: Enable phishing-resistant MFA on every account tied to this brand.
- Step 2: Use unique passwords and a password manager—breach rows often involve credential reuse.
- Step 3: Monitor official company breach notices and regulator filings, not dark-web downloads.
- Step 4: Bookmark the Coinbase company page for new 2026+ disclosures.
Canonical BreachHistory hub
Explore every indexed row: breachhistory.com/coinbase · Latest: coinbase2013.
Sources: BreachHistory catalog (1 row for Coinbase), company and regulator disclosures cited in individual breach records.