{"id":550562,"date":"2026-02-02T19:53:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/wrench-attacks-increased-by-75-in-2025-resulting-in-41m-losses-certik\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T19:53:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:53:18","slug":"wrench-attacks-increased-by-75-in-2025-resulting-in-41m-losses-certik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/02\/wrench-attacks-increased-by-75-in-2025-resulting-in-41m-losses-certik\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrench attacks increased by 75% in 2025, resulting in $41M losses: CertiK"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wrench<\/p>\n

The blockchain security auditor said violence against wallet holders was a \u201dcore threat vector in the crypto ecosystem,\u201d reporting a significant increase from 2024 to 2025.<\/p>\n

Physically targeting crypto users or their relatives, colloquially known as \u201cwrench attacks,\u201d significantly increased in the last year, according to blockchain security auditor CertiK.<\/p>\n

In a report on wrench attacks released on Sunday, CertiK said<\/a> there had been 72 verified cases worldwide in 2025 in which crypto users had been subject to physical attacks. According to the platform, such attacks were \u201cno longer edge cases,\u201d given that physical assaults and kidnappings had increased by about 75% over incidents in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond direct losses, the psychological and reputational fallout is reshaping behavior across the industry, pushing founders and high-net-worth individuals toward operational anonymity and geographical relocation,\u201d said CertiK. \u201c2025 marks a clear inflection point: physical violence is now a core threat vector in the crypto ecosystem.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The blockchain security auditor said violence against wallet holders was a \u201dcore threat vector in the crypto ecosystem,\u201d reporting a significant increase from 2024 to 2025. Physically targeting crypto users or their relatives, colloquially known as \u201cwrench attacks,\u201d significantly increased in the last year, according to blockchain security auditor CertiK. In a report on wrench […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":550563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-550562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/550562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=550562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=550562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}