Celsius depositors should be on the lookout for phishing scams after the company revealed some of its customer data had been leaked in a third-party data breach.
On Tuesday, Celsius sent an email to its customers informing them that a list of their emails had been leaked by an employee of one of its business data management and messaging vendors.
According to Celsius, the breach came from an engineer at the Customer.io messaging platform, who leaked the data to a third-party bad actor.
“We were recently informed by our vendor Customer.io that one of their employees accessed a list of Celsius client email addresses,” said Celsius in its email to customers. The data breach is part of the same incursion that leaked OpenSea customer email addresses in June.
Celsijaus pranešimas: „Rašome norėdami pranešti, kad mes
neseniai mus informavo mūsų pardavėjashttps://t.co/452EROQtbc kad vienas iš jų darbuotojų
pasiekė Celsijaus kliento el. pašto adresų sąrašą
adresai, saugomi jų platformoje ir
perdavė juos trečiajai šaliai“.– celsiečiai (@CelsiansNetwork) Liepa 28, 2022
Celsius has, however, played down the incident stating that it did not “present any high risks to our clients,” adding that they just wanted users to “be aware.”
On July 7, Customer.io rašė in a blog post that “We know this was a result of the deliberate actions of a senior engineer who had an appropriate level of access to perform their duties and provided these email addresses to the bad actor.” The employee has since been terminated.
The number of emails leaked was not disclosed, nor was the platform to which they were leaked.
However, the crypto community has started to warn Celsius users of phishing attacks which usually follow an email data breach.
Phishing is a form of social engineering in which targeted emails are sent to lure victims into revealing more personal data or clicking links to malicious websites that installs malware to steal or mine crypto.
⚠️ Celsius users should expect phishing emails along the lines of “Verify your wallet to withdraw your funds” that will phish for your SRP/PKey due to this
Remember, your SRP should only be known to you and you only https://t.co/QYuDhEE7aL
— harry.eth (whg.eth) (@sniko_) Liepa 28, 2022
A similar data breach in April 2021 saw Celsius customers reportedly targeted by a fraudulent website claiming to be the official Celsius platform. Some received SMS and emails prompting them to reveal personal information and seed phrases.
Tuo metu įmonė pranešė that hackers had gained access to a third-party email distribution system it uses.
Susiję: Email server breach sees Celsians targeted by phishing attacks
Perhaps the most famous crypto data breach was from hardware wallet provider Ledger, which had its servers hacked in 2020. The spewing of thousands of customers’ personal details on the internet resulted in untold losses and even physical threats for many victims, yet the company refused to compensate them.
Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/phishing-risks-escalate-as-celsius-confirms-client-emails-leaked