Filter
Exclude
Time range
-
Near
CRYPTO NEWSWIRE: How to Not Get Kidnapped for Your Bitcoin... NEW YORK TIMES: Escaping zipties, hiring bodyguards and other practical lessons in self-defense for crypto traders, after a series of gruesome crimes spooked the community. AVOIDING "WRENCH ATTACKS"... Pete Kayll, a musclebound veteran of Britain’s Royal Marines, had an unusual instruction for the Bitcoin investors gathered in Switzerland in late October. “Just bite your way out,” he told them. It was the final day of a weekend-long cryptocurrency convention on the shore of Lake Lugano, near the Italian border. A small group of investors had lined up in a conference room to have their hands bound with plastic zipties. Now they were learning how to get them off. “Your teeth will get through anything,” Mr. Kayll advised. “But it will bloody well hurt.” Most people don’t go to an international crypto conference expecting to learn how to gnaw through plastic. But after hours of panels devoted to topics like Bitcoin-collateralized loans, these investors were looking for something more practical. They wanted to know what to do if they were grabbed on the street and thrown into the back of a van. Already paranoid about scams, hacks and market turmoil, wealthy crypto investors have lately become terrified about a much graver threat: torture and kidnapping. This year, crypto investors or their families have been targeted by assailants more than 60 times, according to a tallies of public reports, a string of gruesome attacks that has shocked the industry and made headlines worldwide. In France, the father of a crypto influencer was found in the trunk of an attacker’s car — bound, beaten and covered in petrol. Thieves in Minnesota held a family at gunpoint for nine hours, demanding access to $8 million in crypto. And in Manhattan, federal prosecutors charged two men with kidnapping and torturing a crypto trader inside a luxurious 17-room townhouse. In crypto circles, these episodes are known as “wrench attacks,” a reference to a widely shared cartoon in which a computer expert’s high-tech security is foiled by a thief who threatens to hit him with a wrench until he gives up his password. The recent surge of wrench attacks has been fueled partly by the rising price of Bitcoin, which hit a record of $126,000 last month, minting a new generation of millionaires and even billionaires, many of whom have little personal security.... nytimes.com/2025/11/17/busin… #CryptoNewswire, #Crypto, #CrimeNews, #CryptoSecurity, #BitcoinKidnapping, #WrenchAttacks, #CryptoSelfDefense, #BitcoinSafety, #CryptoCrime, #AvoidKidnapping, #CryptoBodyguards, #ZiptieEscape, #CryptoTraders, #BitcoinWealth, #CryptoThreats, #PersonalSecurity, #CryptoInvestors, #BitcoinHacks, #CryptoViolence, #SelfDefenseTips, #CryptoConvention, #BitcoinMillionaires, #CryptoScams, #WrenchAttack, #CryptoTorture, #BitcoinProtection, #CryptoParanoia, #SecurityForCrypto, #CryptoKidnap, #BitcoinRisks, #CryptoSafety, #EscapeTechniques, #CryptoNews, #BitcoinNews, #CryptoWorld, #FinancialSecurity, #CryptoHorrors, #BitcoinBillionaires, #CryptoVulnerable, #SelfDefenseCrypto, #CryptoAssault, #BitcoinPriceSurge, #CryptoRiches, #SecurityLessons, #CryptoCommunity, #BitcoinThreat, #CryptoGuard, #WrenchThreat, #CryptoSurvival
4
179
14 Sep 2025
Your Loyalty Card is a Liability: Lessons from the Co-op Hack #LoyaltyCardRisk #CoopHack #DataBreach #ConsumerPrivacy #SecurityLessons substack.com/home/post/p-168…

1
3
1,202
11 Jun 2024
6/ Famous cases highlighting multi-sig importance 👉 Bitfinex hack (2016): Multi-sig could have prevented unauthorized withdrawals. 👉 The DAO (2016): Multi-sig could have added an extra layer of security against vulnerabilities. #CryptoHistory #SecurityLessons
1
5
42
19 Mar 2024
The accompanying editorial by @StanfordMed 's @DavidRelman does not appear to be very appreciative of these studies 'Neurological Illness and National SecurityLessons to Be Learned" jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…

1
3
161
There are a bunch of lessons to be learned from the recent Customs and Border Protection data breach. Here are some, in no particular order.... by Mark Rasch #biometricdata #customersandborderprotection #databreach #privacy #securitylessons securityboulevard.com/2019/0…

1
Learn how @LibertyGlobal, @tele2sweden, @PRAHSciences and @unumnews manage #entrancesecurity. Read their challenges and solutions here: bit.ly/2QHrY2D #accesscontrol #security #securitylessons
12 Oct 2018
Two #securityLessons here 1. Don't use weak passwords (duh) 2. Don't let people look over your shoulder while entering passwords #opsec is important Surely Kanye has a phone that supports fingerprint ID. It's not perfect, but it's better than 000000
11 Oct 2018
Kanye with the expert 000000 passcode
2
1
3
If you use #DocuSign, here are some important #SecurityLessons you need to see, stemming from a recent #hack

20 Jun 2017
Are you using #DocuSign? Learn lessons from its recent #hack. #cybersecurity infoworld.com/article/319685…
28 May 2017
Top 5 #securitylessons ransomware teaches us the hard way. Take these actions to protect yourself #KimKomando buff.ly/2rpgs35
2
2