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    Crypto warns about the growing tide of wrench attacks

    PineapplesUpdateBy PineapplesUpdateAugust 11, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Alina Vranova, the founder of Satoshilbs, warned of wrench attacks, physical attacks and kidnappings against Bitcoin (BTC) and Crypto holders in an attempt to steal her personal keys.

    “Every week, there is a bitkinar, at least one in the world, who kidnaps, tortures, is taken out, and sometimes it is worse,” Vanova told Viewers at the Baltic Honeyibeder 2025 conference in Raga, Latvia.

    He warned that small crypto investors may also be on the radar of violent criminals in search of a target. He said:

    “Bitcoin seems to be only a problem for OGS, not really the case. We have seen kidnapping cases as a crypto of $ 6,000, and we have seen people murder for $ 50,000 in Crypto.”

    Crypto warns about the growing tide of wrench attacks
    Baltic Honeyibeder on Wanova stage at 2025 conference. Source: Baltic Honeyibeder Conference

    Increase in wrench attacks against crypto holders is a disturbing tendency, in 2025 to double the record for doubling the worst year on records with physical attacks against bitcoiners, tracked on track to motivate personal security counselors from investors, developers and industry officials.

    Connected: Wrench attack crypto investors drive for centralized guardians

    Centralized data leak increases the risk of an attack

    Data leaks from centralized crypto exchanges, which collect sensitive user information under your Castomer (KYC) requirements, and other centralized software providers, collecting information that customers collect data, allowing violent criminals to target crypto holders and their families.

    “Currently we have more than 80 million bitcoinar and Crypto user’s identity leaked online; House addresses in 2.2 million of them,” Vranova said.

    He said that these attacks are correlated with bitcoin prices, and the frequency of attacks increases during the bull markets.

    Cybercrime, Crime, Cyber Security
    Correlation between BTC value and wrench attacks. Source: Glok.me

    In May, the Crypto Exchange Coinbase revealed a data breech, which leaked a small most information of the coinbase customers, including home addresses and other identity information.

    In June, A Report Users leaked from platforms such as Apple, Facebook and Google from Cybernews more than 16 billion leaked users leaked database.

    The password leaks negatively affects the crypto holders, which will now be subject to increased fishing, social engineering, hacking, identity theft and other types of targeted scams designed to steal data and funds.

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