Alena Vranova, founder of Satoshilabs, warns of the increase in wrench attacks, body attacks and kidnappings on Bitcoin (BTC) and crypto holders, trying to steal their private keys.
“Every week, there is at least one bitcoin in the world, kidnapped, tortured, and sometimes worse,” Tell Audience at the Baltic Honeybad 2025 conference in Riga, Latvia.
She warned that even small crypto investors could be within the scope of violent criminals seeking targets. She added:
“It seems like a problem for Bitcoin OGS, and it’s not really the case. We’ve seen kidnapping cases worth as low as $6,000, and we’ve seen people murdered in cryptocurrencies for $50,000.”
rise Wrench Attack against Cryptocurrency Holders This is an unsettling trend toward physical attack tracks against Bitcoin in 2025 Double the worst year record,hint Countermeasures for personal safety From investors, developers and industry executives.
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Centralized data leakage amplification wrench attack threat
Data leaks from centralized crypto exchanges, which collect sensitive user information. Know yourself (KYC) requires, along with other centralized software providers that collect customer data, allowing violent criminals to target cryptocurrency holders and their families.
“Currently, we have leaked over 80 million bitcoin and crypto user identities online; 2.2 million of them contain home addresses,” Vranova said.
She added that the attacks were related to the price of Bitcoin and the frequency of bull attacks rose.
In May, crypto exchange Coinbase revealed a data breach Leaked information A small number of Coinbase customers, including home addresses and other identifying information.
June, Report Judging from online news, databases containing more than 16 billion user login credentials have been found on platforms such as Apple, Facebook and Google.
Password leak Negative impact on encryption holderswill now be subject to increased phishing, social engineering, hacking, identity theft, and targeted scams designed to steal user data and funds.
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