I am guessing that the method they used was a sim swap, since my gmail password is almost impossible to brute force, and it looks like they simply used my number to bypass it. What I have gathered is that someone posed as me using details probably stolen during the anthem blue cross dump(thats an insurance provider), they were very coordinated and managed to do all the damage relatively quickly, as I did not notice my phones service had briefly gotten messed with, until I received a text from my provider much later on when it was too late. I.E. my phone service fell for the social engineering and did not bother to think that something was wrong. I don't entirely understand how or why they picked me, but all I can do right now is spread the word and hope that this wasn't all for naught.
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Wow, that's pretty crazy and sorry that happened. I noticed that Coinbase has just integrated google 2fa, i have that enabled and try not to keep much on there. Thanks for sharing your story