Bankruptcy Court Publishes 14,000 Pages of Celsius Customer Usernames and Trading History – Bitcoin News

The crypto community is outraged by a recent discovery stemming from the Celsius bankruptcy case, as a lawsuit has exposed over 14,000 pages of usernames and trading histories of the company’s clients. While the file does not reveal personal information related to the user’s financial providers or the customer’s residential address, the crypto community believes there are other ways these identities can be doxxed.

The Crypto Community is appalled by the Celsius username and trading history

Controversial crypto lender Celsius is dealing with controversy again as a lawsuit has been spotted by news outlet Gizmodo. The 14,000-page archive reveals usernames and trading history associated with Celsius customers.

The data release has caused an uproar in the crypto community as many believe that high net worth traders may be doxxed. Although the list only shows usernames and trades, it is claimed that more information related to the identity of the users may be discovered using heuristics and blockchain analysis tools.

“This Celsius dox is one of those [most] serious privacy breaches in crypto history,” one person wrote. “Many on this list may have their security at risk. It’s more important than ever to maximize your digital security.”

The addresses of each user have been redacted and names were reportedly to be redacted, but US Bankruptcy Court Trustee William Harrington objected to the requests pushing for the customer’s name to be redacted as well.

Harrington argues that the bankruptcy case must be “open and transparent,” and he also noted that Celsius must “demonstrate extraordinary circumstances and a compelling need to obtain protection to justify such a request.”

The filing is approximately 18.6 gigabytes of user data, and in addition to a large number of clients, Celsius executives Alex Mashinsky, Dan Leon, and Nuke Goldstein’s trades are also present in the filing. The news follows the third-party data leak that took place on July 28 when Celsius revealed that a third party had access to customer data.

The latest filing disclosure of 18.6 gigabytes of user data follows the final plan for the Celsius bankruptcy sale. While the names of the customers have been redacted, the crypto community is not happy with Celsius and the trustee’s decision.

“Usually, when you dox, you don’t get rough. And on the other hand, when you get tough, you don’t get doxx,” one user stressed on Twitter. “Celsius tier 1 sh** storm.”

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Jamie Redman

Jamie Redman is the news editor at Bitcoin.com News and a financial technology journalist living in Florida. Redman has been an active member of the cryptocurrency community since 2011. He has a passion for Bitcoin, open source and decentralized applications. Since September 2015, Redman has written more than 6,000 articles for Bitcoin.com News about the disruptive protocols emerging today.