{"id":251212,"date":"2022-07-29T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-29T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=251212"},"modified":"2022-07-29T11:41:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T10:41:40","slug":"celsius-users-warned-about-phishing-attempts-due-to-e-mail-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/celsius-users-warned-about-phishing-attempts-due-to-e-mail-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Celsius reveals customer data breach by vendor&#8217;s employee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled crypto lender Celsius Network has revealed via email that some of its customers' data were breached by an employee of Customer.io.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Announcement from Celsius: \u201cWe are writing to let you know that we<br \/>were recently informed by our vendor<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/452EROQtbc\">https:\/\/t.co\/452EROQtbc<\/a> that one of their employees<br \/>accessed a list of Celsius client email<br \/>addresses held on their platform and<br \/>transferred those to a third-party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Celsians (@CelsiansNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CelsiansNetwork\/status\/1552737193407533057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Great news out of Celsius today: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Celsius?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Celsius<\/a> distributed a report (which was late, as usual) regarding the data breach of clients\u2019 emails on June 30 \u2014 which likewise involved four other companies, including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/opensea?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@opensea<\/a>. Not a surprise to see Celsius picking customer.i0 as a vendor. Lol <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3JXszSYFAu\">pic.twitter.com\/3JXszSYFAu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ETH_guy (@jailwatchsc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jailwatchsc\/status\/1552777160569618434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to Celsius, the firm has been discussing with Customer.io and confirmed that no other data was affected by the breach.<\/p>\n<h2>Celsius downplays the extent of the breach<\/h2>\n<p>The crypto lender has downplayed the extent of the breach as it said the leak had not impacted its systems and security.<\/p>\n<p>Celsius said it only made its users aware of the breach and did not &#8220;consider the incident to present any high risks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We do not consider the incident to present any high risks to our clients whose email addresses may have been affected but are releasing this communication to make sure you are aware.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Celsius did not reveal the numbers of affected emails and users.<\/p>\n<p>Celsius customers' data had been <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.celsius.network\/celsius-security-notice-april-2021-154a587f7ca3\">previously leaked<\/a> in\u00a0<span class=\"s4\">April 2021. Then, the company claimed that hackers stole its customers' data from a third-party email distribution system.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>OpenSea recorded a breach too<\/h2>\n<p>OpenSea, the popular NFT marketplace,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/opensea-experiences-email-data-breach-warns-users-of-phishing-scams\/\">revealed<\/a> that its email delivery partner leaked user data.<\/p>\n<p>OpenSea revealed the email partner to be Customer.io.<\/p>\n<p>The NFT marketplace warned users that the breach could increase &#8220;email <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/recent-phishing-attack-drops-opensea-numbers\/\">phishing attempts<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The firm advised users to &#8220;stay vigilant about (their) email practices,&#8221; adding that everyone who has shared their email with the site previously should assume they have been impacted.<\/p>\n<h2>Customer.io takes action<\/h2>\n<p>In a July 7 <a href=\"https:\/\/customer.io\/blog\/update-to-compromised-email-addresses-incident\/\">blog post<\/a>, Customer.io said the senior engineer responsible for the leak\u00a0had the appropriate level of access for their duties.<\/p>\n<p>The firm clarified that only one employee was responsible for the breach. The said employee has been fired and reported to law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We launched a comprehensive security review of our access and security policies to prevent an insider threat from happening again and have already made some changes to the policies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled crypto lender Celsius Network has revealed via email that some of its customers&#8217; data were breached by an employee of Customer.io. Announcement from Celsius: \u201cWe are writing to let you know that wewere recently informed by our vendorhttps:\/\/t.co\/452EROQtbc that one of their employeesaccessed a list of Celsius client emailaddresses held on their platform andtransferred [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":720,"featured_media":251262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60209,60035],"tags":[77137,77939,77940,76704],"post_folder":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.9 (Yoast SEO v21.9.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Celsius reveals customer data breach by vendor&#039;s employee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celsius has revealed that its users&#039; data was leaked by an employee of Customer.io, but downplayed the impact.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/celsius-users-warned-about-phishing-attempts-due-to-e-mail-leak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celsius reveals customer data breach by vendor&#039;s employee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Celsius has revealed that its users&#039; data was leaked by an employee of Customer.io, but downplayed the impact.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/celsius-users-warned-about-phishing-attempts-due-to-e-mail-leak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CryptoSlate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-29T11:00:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-29T10:41:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/image_2022-07-29_153824085.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cryptoslate\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/celsius-users-warned-about-phishing-attempts-due-to-e-mail-leak\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/celsius-users-warned-about-phishing-attempts-due-to-e-mail-leak\/\"},\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/#person\",\"name\":\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/author\/oluwapelumi-adejumo\/#authorimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/profile-photo-oluwapelumi-adejumo-300x300.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/profile-photo-oluwapelumi-adejumo-300x300.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Oluwapelumi Adejumo\"},\"jobTitle\":\"Senior Reporter\",\"description\":\"Oluwapelumi values Bitcoin's potential. 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