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Severed Fingers and Wrench Attacks: A New Era in Crypto Crime
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:21:04
Publish Date: 2025-06-20 20:00:00
Description:

The most well-known cryptocurrency thefts involve online hacks or phishing attempts via text messages. But WSJ's Sam Schechner has been reporting on a new wave of violent crypto thefts: wrench attacks. Brutal physical attacks against the crypto elite are on the rise. Annie Minoff hosts. 


Further Listening:

-Pig-Butchering: A Texting Scam With a Crypto Twist 

-How North Korea’s Hacker Army Stole $3 Billion in Crypto  


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