10-07-2022, 12:43 PM
The saga that keeps on giving: Celsius published a 14,000-page document detailing ev
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>As part of their bankruptcy legal proceedings Celsius published a 14,000-page document detailing every user's full name, linked to timestamp & amount of each deposit/withdrawal/liquidation.</p> <p><strong>This is a horrific and unprecedented breach of privacy.</strong></p> <p>This list is online in an unprotected PDF form and anyone can search it or even download it.</p> <p>Nosy neighbour? Spouse? Employer? Crypto scammers looking for targets? Blockchain analysis firms that can now put a name on self custody wallets? You name it.</p> <p>And yes, this is a public court document, but man, why didn't they redact part of the names? Why did they put this on the internet? Why didn't at the very least give a heads up? Did they even give a fu*k to do this properly?</p> <p>This is probably one of the best examples of not your keys - not your coins. Not only will they steal your funds, they will also leak your information.</p> <p>Edit: </p> <p>1) It is confirmed that this list includes EU customers, so my guess is that's a global list.</p> <p>2) The wife of former-CEO Alex Mashinsky was shown to have withdrawn $2 million in crypto on May 31. They stopped withdrawals 13 days later.</p> <p>​</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/itcouldbefrank"> /u/itcouldbefrank </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xxv8kn/the_saga_that_keeps_on_giving_celsius_published_a/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xxv8kn/the_saga_that_keeps_on_giving_celsius_published_a/">[comments]</a></span>
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>As part of their bankruptcy legal proceedings Celsius published a 14,000-page document detailing every user's full name, linked to timestamp & amount of each deposit/withdrawal/liquidation.</p> <p><strong>This is a horrific and unprecedented breach of privacy.</strong></p> <p>This list is online in an unprotected PDF form and anyone can search it or even download it.</p> <p>Nosy neighbour? Spouse? Employer? Crypto scammers looking for targets? Blockchain analysis firms that can now put a name on self custody wallets? You name it.</p> <p>And yes, this is a public court document, but man, why didn't they redact part of the names? Why did they put this on the internet? Why didn't at the very least give a heads up? Did they even give a fu*k to do this properly?</p> <p>This is probably one of the best examples of not your keys - not your coins. Not only will they steal your funds, they will also leak your information.</p> <p>Edit: </p> <p>1) It is confirmed that this list includes EU customers, so my guess is that's a global list.</p> <p>2) The wife of former-CEO Alex Mashinsky was shown to have withdrawn $2 million in crypto on May 31. They stopped withdrawals 13 days later.</p> <p>​</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/itcouldbefrank"> /u/itcouldbefrank </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xxv8kn/the_saga_that_keeps_on_giving_celsius_published_a/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/xxv8kn/the_saga_that_keeps_on_giving_celsius_published_a/">[comments]</a></span>