The billionaire investor Mark Cuban asserts that he did not send any emails from his account on June 22 “after 3.30pm” Pacific Standard Time. A few months after more than $800,000 was taken out of his cryptocurrency wallet, billionaire investor Mark Cuban says he was tricked by a bogus call and lost access to his Gmail account as a result.
Cuban posted on June 22 on X, saying, “I just got hacked at my mcuban@gmail.com because someone named Noah at your 650-203-0000 called and said I had an intruder and spoofed Google’s recovery methods.” Usually, this is accomplished by impersonating an official employee—in this case, Google—in order to deceive people into disclosing personal information or account credentials.“If anyone gets anything from mcuban@gmail.com after 3:30pm pst it’s not me,” Cuban informed his 8.8 million X followers
The crypto community responded to him with encouragement, but others made guesses about how many emails he might miss while he was without access. “When you regain access, do share a snapshot showing the quantity of unopened emails.
Chief security officer of the cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, Nick Percoco, claimed in an X post on June 22 that “I’m betting it is up to 5 digits by now.” Some even wondered if his X account had been taken advantage of too. Is it conceivable that the hackers have now also gained access to his X account? As a result, they’re attempting to gather further details,” a user going by the handle “Mickamious” continued.
Cuban’s hot wallet was emptied of almost $870,000 just nine months prior, presumably by hackers who were waiting for him to log into MetaMask for the first time in months. independent blockchain investigator Wazz was the first to identify the hack after pointing out unusual activity with one of Cuban’s wallets, which the 65-year-old had not used in about five
Cuban, however, has recently become a prominent supporter of cryptocurrencies, particularly in advocating for more advantageous crypto laws in the US. Cuban has advocated for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to oversee “all crypto,” whereas the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) should control “all crypto.” This is because the SEC regulates the crypto business through enforcement rather than regulation.months.