The incident underscores the surging risk of physical attacks aimed at cryptocurrency holders, often called ‘wrench attacks’, where criminals leverage coercion or violence.
PeckShield also mentioned the attacker has started bridging small amounts of the stolen assets to the layer-2 network.
A cryptocurrency holder has stated that hackers have stolen around $24 million in a crypto robbery after a violent assault. Although the blockchain security analysts are now tracking the movement of the funds on-chain.
An X user with the username “Silly Tuna” claimed that the theft happened at the time of a physical attack that comprised weapons and threats of kidnapping and sexual violence. The user mentioned that police have been informed of the description of the incident as a violent assault and theft in which the attackers were after their crypto holdings.
The user wrote in the post that they still have limbs, phew. And claimed that they were held down while attack
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