- The names and transaction details of all Celsius users has been included in a court filing
- While addresses are redacted, it is “trivial” to link them to names
- The filing also reveals that Celsius execs and family removed $17 million from the platform before it folded
A court filing has revealed the names of all Celsius’ customers and their recent transactions, with the 14,000-page document freely available online. The revelation was first alluded to by a Twitter user, who pointed out that it was very easy to match named users to transactions, which is of course a huge breach of privacy and adds insult to injury for Celsius users who are already coming to terms with the fact that CEOs took $17 million out of the company before it collapsed.
Addresses Redacted, But “Trivial” to Uncover
The extraordinary bundle comes from a filing made on Wednesday, which is related to Celsius’ total assets. Twitter user ‘henry’ (@hdevalence) noticed something odd on one of the pages regarding the inordinately large size of the filing:
wait, *what* pic.twitter.com/I6vDP29uVA
— henry 🌘 (@hdevalence) October 6, 2022
After investigation, henry discovered that that it was easy to work out who had deposited and withdrawn what in the days up to the cessation of such activities in June:
seems like, among other things, anyone can now dox all the on-chain activity and addresses of any named celsius user, by matching the dates and exact amounts to transaction datahttps://t.co/5GghqYnh1k pic.twitter.com/sn3x8AExoy
— henry 🌘 (@hdevalence) October 6, 2022
Others claimed the information was leaked, which technically it wasn’t, although the end result is the same:
It’s all there, including transaction amounts and dates, making it trivial to link names with redacted addresses.
Nightmare.
— Dylan LeClair 🟠 (@DylanLeClair_) October 6, 2022
Celsius Execs and Family Withdrew $17 Million
The filing may have been the reason why, earlier this week, it was revealed that former CEO Alex Mashinksy withdrew $10 million from the company before it halted withdrawals, with the news coming some 48 hours before the filing was added to the court system.
Mashinsky is indeed listed in the huge document, as is his wife Krissy and various other executives. The records confirm that Mashinsky withdrew $10 million from Celsius shortly before the company’s collapse, with his wife withdrawing another $2 million. The filing also revealed that Chief Strategy Officer Daniel Leon also withdrew $7 million prior to the company folding.
Of more concern to users however will be that their names and financial activity on the platform are now widely available for anyone to see, giving them a legitimate security concern and adding to Celsius’ woes.
