FTX users who are owed $1.9 billion want their names to stay redacted from the embattled exchange's bankruptcy filings

A group of 15 non-US FTX customers are trying to keep their identities out of the bankruptcy filing.

According to a filing on Wednesday, the FTX.com users asked for a court order to continue to shield their identities, saying that public disclosure of their identities puts them at risk of cyber crimes.

It is difficult to imagine a more compelling case that would warrant withholding and redacting the information of the thousands of FTX.com customers who had their funds stolen and never anticipated that their use ofcryptocurrencies and FTX.com would become public.

The judge in the FTX case is going to hear arguments on customer privacy on January 11 and decide if the information should be blacked out. The names and amounts of debt held by the creditor in public documents are usually disclosed by firms in bankruptcies.

"Cryptocurrencies are vulnerable to fraud and theft because they are difficult to trace and there are less security safeguards to protect the assets," the FTX customers wrote.

On November 11, FTX filed for Chapter 11. At least $8 billion of customer money was lost by the platform, which was started by Sam Bankman-Fried.