Billionaire investor Mark Cuban has revealed that he lost access to his Gmail account following a hoax call, just months after more than $800,000 was drained from his cryptocurrency wallet.
“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,” Cuban posted on X (formerly Twitter) on June 22.
This scam typically involves tricking users into providing personal information or account credentials by pretending to be an official representative, in this case, from Google.
Cuban cautioned his 8.8 million followers, “If anyone gets anything from mcuban@gmail.com after 3:30pm pst it’s not me.”
The crypto community responded with supportive messages, though some speculated about the number of emails he might miss during his lockout.
“When you get your access back, please post a screenshot of the number of unread emails.
“I’m betting it is up to 5 digits by now,” wrote Nick Percoco, chief security officer of crypto exchange Kraken. Some even wondered if his X account was also compromised.
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“Is it POSSIBLE that his X account has now been hacked also by the hackers?
“Therefore they’re trying to get more information,” speculated a user named Mickamious.
This incident follows a significant security breach Cuban experienced nine months ago, when his cryptocurrency wallet was drained of approximately $870,000.
Hackers likely targeted Cuban after he logged into MetaMask for the first time in months.
In September 2023, Cointelegraph reported that independent blockchain investigator Wazz noticed suspicious activity in one of Cuban’s wallets, which he had not used for about five months.
Despite these setbacks, Cuban has remained an outspoken advocate for cryptocurrency.
He has been particularly vocal about the need for more favorable crypto regulations in the United States.
Recently, Cuban argued that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) should regulate “all crypto” rather than the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), criticizing the SEC’s approach of regulation by enforcement in the crypto industry.
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