"On-Chain Detective" ZachXBT: A Canadian hacker impersonates Coinbase customer service and steals over $2 million within a year

DeepFlowTech · 2025-12-29T14:40:50+00:00

According to the disclosure by "On-Chain Detective" ZachXBT, Canadian hacker Haby carried out scams by impersonating Coinbase customer service, stealing over $2 million in cryptocurrency assets. The funds were used to purchase rare social media usernames and for nightclub expenses. The investigation shows that his location is in Abbotsford.

DeepFlowTech

2025-12-29 14:40:50

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Deep Tide TechFlow News, December 29th, according to “On-Chain Detective” ZachXBT, a Canadian cyber threat actor named Haby (Havard) has been conducting social engineering scams by impersonating Coinbase customer service, stealing over $2 million in crypto assets over the past year. The hacker has splurged the proceeds on rare social media usernames, nightclub expenses, and gambling.

Investigation shows that Haby has recently been frequently purchasing expensive Telegram usernames and deleted their most recent account two days ago. Through open-source intelligence analysis of their social media story posts, investigators identified Haby as being located near Abbotsford, Vancouver, Canada. ZachXBT stated that although Canadian law enforcement may already be aware of Haby’s existence, prosecutions of such cyber threat actors are rare in the region.

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