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		atmavatar on May 19, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Severed Fingers and 'Wrench Attacks' Rattle the Cr... That's when the bad guys grab one or more loved ones and threaten to do bad things to them until you retrieve the passwords.

WalterBright on May 19, 2025 [–]

True, but that makes for a much riskier proposition for the bad guys. The whole point of these bitcoin grabs is minimal risk.

The risk would be about the same as for any ransom scheme.

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