Alena Vranova, founder of SatoshiLabs, warned of the increase in wrench attacks, physical assaults and abductions carried out against Bitcoin ( data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price” title=”null”>BTC) and crypto holders in an attempt to steal their private keys.

“Every week, there is a Bitcoiner, at least one in the world, who gets kidnapped, tortured, extorted, and sometimes even worse,” Vranova data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2TJuQ1TWYs” rel=”noopener nofollow” target=”_blank” title=”null”>told the audience at the Baltic Honeybadger 2025 conference in Riga, Latvia.

She warned that even small crypto investors can be on the radar of violent criminals looking for a target. She added:

“What seems… lockquote>

Alena Vranova, founder of SatoshiLabs, warned of the increase in wrench attacks, physical assaults and abductions carried out against Bitcoin ( data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://cointelegraph.com/bitcoin-price” title=”null”>BTC) and crypto holders in an attempt to steal their private keys.

“Every week, there is a Bitcoiner, at least one in the world, who gets kidnapped, tortured, extorted, and sometimes even worse,” Vranova data-ct-non-breakable=”null” href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2TJuQ1TWYs” rel=”noopener nofollow” target=”_blank” title=”null”>told the audience at the Baltic Honeybadger 2025 conference in Riga, Latvia.

She warned that even small crypto investors can be on the radar of violent criminals looking for a target. She added:

“What seems… lockquote>