Used Celsius? Your Personal Information Has Been Shared.

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Celsius filed a 14500 page legal document containing names of clients and their deposit and withdraw addresses. If you ever put any coins on Celsius, your legal name and crypto buying is now public record.

While not a present risk to most people, this could be particularly dangerous if you’re a political activist prosecuted in your country. If you’re not, this can still leave you vulnerable to “social engineering” attacks and scams. Anyone can easily connect your legal name to your wallet address via dune.com or another blockchain explorer queries matching amount and dates of transactions on the blockchain.

More info: https://blockworks.co/celsius-exposes-user-information-in-public-court-docs/

Shouldn’t Celsius Protect my Identity?

They should. But..

The identities of creditors in bankruptcy proceedings are routinely disclosed as a standard application of legal status to the proceedings. Because Celsius users had lent the crypto platform their digital assets, they are considered creditors in this case. Creditor information is disclosed in every bankruptcy case includes names and addresses.

How Can I Check if My Information Has Been Publicly Shared?

1. Go to the following link: https://cases.stretto.com/public/x191/11749/PLEADINGS/1174910062280000000005.pdf
2. Scroll to page 34 and click on the first letter of your first name. This will open a new document.
3. Scroll through the new document alphabetically to find your name. The addresses are redacted but it’s trivial to use a blockchain explorer to match your wallet address to your legal name.

What Can I Do to Remediate and Prevent This?

In terms of prevention in the future, If you’re concerned about your privacy, you may want to avoid all CeFi or staking platforms of any sort. Here’s why: https://thedefiant.io/celsius-dox-not-exceptional.

I’ll be creating a video on this soon detailing what you can do to retain your privacy going forward, and will post to subscribers of the FlourishingAI community and platform.