Are there such things as Crypto-currency heists?

[buwaytress]

Um yeah, it happens all the time. Put your money in 10 different exchanges. Wait for 2 or 3 years. You'd be extremely lucky if at the end of that time, not one of them have:

1. Closed down/exit scammed.
2. Got "hacked".
3. Got seized and funds confiscated by FSB/CIA/<insert intelligence agency>

Of course, there's also been stories of people trying to do a number on BATMs... good luck cracking private keys though.

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[tracey77]

Maybe it's not 'fresh' event, but I find it pretty interesting. The biggest Bitcoin heist in China: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2160387/chinas-biggest-ever-bitcoin-hacking-case-sees-three-held-over

[The3max]

There have been many robbery cases. The most common case is stealing your private key. It can happen when you use unknown applications that contain malicious code, or you may accidentally reveal your private key. Besides, the less common case is hackers, they invade your computer and steal your data, including private keys ...

[zviadits]

I am a rather big fan of heist movies such as The Perfect Score, Ocean’s 11, the Mission: Impossible Movie Franchise and many more less well-known heist movies. While watching those movies, I’m just thinking would it be possible to plan a heist to seal some crypto-currency? Moreover, are there any cryptocurrency heists that have taken place in the real world so far?

It could be a quantum computer abduction. It is physically impossible to steal a cryptocurrency, except to steal a crypto ATM but there will be fiat money inside, no more else

[Krislaw]

There is cryptocurrency heist, especially for those that shows off their asset in crypto. And I learnt that kidnappers now accepts bitcoin in some countries. Stealing crypto ATM can't be classified under a crypto heist because it's loaded with fiats.

[jekainvestor]

I am a rather big fan of heist movies such as The Perfect Score, Ocean’s 11, the Mission: Impossible Movie Franchise and many more less well-known heist movies. While watching those movies, I’m just thinking would it be possible to plan a heist to seal some crypto-currency? Moreover, are there any cryptocurrency heists that have taken place in the real world so far?

I heard about one guy, programmer from Ukraine. Nowadays he lives in USA somewhere. He lost his 28 Bitcoins (nearly 250000 dollars) in 2018. He had in his IPhone the app for keeping BTC. He took his IPhone to the repairman to one of the services, and after that when he got his phone back, he has found no BTC on his wallet. He even asked for help the Apple company, but of course nobody could help him. Or one another story when a guy was in a cafe or pub do not rememeber exactly, he just used the WiFi and tried to check the balance on his wallet, and openned his wallet online and after that lost all his assets on the crypto wallet. I heard some story about guys that tried to stole the cryptomat, and they even did this, but the most funny that they did not knew that this cryptomat did not work, it was just placed, but it was not connected to the whole system..)))))) lots of stories like that. But mostly people just are hacked - like private wallets or exchanges, more ordinary stories, not like in blockbasters))))) or action movies))))

[Wintersoldier]

If there is it is not much exciting to watch. Because a heist in a cryptocurrency will just focus on a man working on his computer developing some applications or programs to get cryptocurrency. Boring isn't it? And if that is to happen, the security features of cryptocurrency is too strong because of its encryption. And no one could break that, hashes cannot be decrypted. If there would be someone who can do that, he might be considered a legend.