Crypto users claim Gemini email leak occurred much earlier than first reported By Cointelegraph

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“Not handled well.” This was how one user described the revelations brought forth by Cointelegraph on Dec. 14 regarding the leak of 5.7 million Gemini customers’ email addresses and partial phone numbers. Shortly after publication, multiple users reached out to Cointelegraph alleging that the leak, which Gemini attributes to a “third-party incident,” happened much earlier than initially understood.

Mysterious reports of users receiving targeted phishing emails began surfacing on the official r/Gemini subreddit in the weeks prior. In one thread dating back to November, Redditor u/DaveJonesBones claimed that the received a targeted phishing email from an address that was only registered on Gemini:

An alleged targeted phishing attempt sent to a Gemini email address dated Oct. 3, 2022. Source: Anonymous user