Crypto trader robbery Incident in the UK

[Hamza2424]

At least he still has his sense of humor and proper reality checks that say, "Fuck this country." It's sad to hear about his losses, though. No matter what, life is more precious, but when you are left in a situation where you can't survive, you might hope to be left dead. I just hope and pray for the best for this pal.

He deserves our support if we can help or if he wants it. Although maybe my few cents won't be enough compared to the big portfolio he just lost, perhaps the community can still do something!

Anyway, he really broke the silence in me when he said, "Just when you think you are safe, it can happen to you as well." No doubt, we have to face things like this that we have never thought of or considered how we could tackle them. We can only hope for the best, but how did his portfolio information get leaked?

[Leahized]

People get attacked not because of the poor security of the country but because the people themselves are the ones giving hints to the bad guys around. Don't blame the government or the country itself, the biggest responsibility if we want to stay secured and protected should start from us, not from the authorities or the leaders sitting in the government.

And we all know this is going to happen for any reckless trader or investor. Protect your own keys, as much as protect your own safety and security.

You can never say for sure that, the general public is not harassed or financially harmed by the country weak security. If you are a influencer, then the people around you are aware of your position. So it is never possible to hide yourself. If a criminal attacks, what kind of measures should be taken? If the government ensures excessive security, then when will this incident not be reflected?

I think, it would not be fair to blame a influencer trader in this case. Rather, investors may have misconceptions because they may want to remain hidden for their own safety.

[Marykeller]

Incidents like this are mostly the reason we are advised to live a low-key and private life off and on the Internet, no matter who you are because you don't know who has good intentions not bad intentions towards you.

The crypto trader will live with this memory of his crypto loss for long. I wish he could be able to let go of the saddening experience someday and look forward to better days in years to come

[Audrey Simmons]

This is a reminder of the Wrench attack issue in the past to all users influencers or not to keep a lowkey status about your crypto assets

We as humans are a threat to our own existence. People get robbed whether they trade crypto or not, if he was robbed of that amount, that is part of a societal problem that needs to be fixed. If he had leaked information about his holdings, that already maps him out as a target, sometimes they do it unintentionally, to people they think they can trust without realizing.

Another story for everyone to learn from, it is very important not to disclose our holdings by maintaining absolute privacy, both online and offline.

[yhiaali3]

This problem, or what is called a key attack, has become a frightening phenomenon not only in England or France, but in a number of other countries these brutal attacks have been repeated. Everyone must be extremely careful.

This incident and others like it demonstrate the importance of privacy. Privacy does not only mean hiding information about your assets and sensitive data from the government, but also from your closest people and social media sites.

[boyptc]

At least he still has his sense of humor and proper reality checks that say, "Fuck this country."

That's still polite to say when he almost lost his life and lost all of his life savings. I would say that he's still a decent guy after all.

Because if it happened to other people, we might read worst cursing words and then don't know what to do and lost their sanity.

I'm glad that he's safe and he appreciates that but it's a lot of money, that can be a generational wealth. This should call for the accountability of revolut.

These platforms when their data have been leaked, they need to be responsible and pay damages for their users because of their negligence and weakness in security.

[9ja Amaka]

These things happen very often. If they never happen to you, you won't know it's a daily encounter for some people.

In this situation, who is to blame? The country obviously can't be blamed, even if the country is fucked up. He is to be blamed.

Having trust the people around him to tell them how much he holds in crypto. The robbers are people he frequent chat with, drinks beer with that stole from him. It can't be a total stranger.

[Ojima-ojo]

Incidents like this are mostly the reason we are advised to live a low-key and private life off and on the Internet, no matter who you are because you don't know who has good intentions not bad intentions towards you.

The crypto trader will live with this memory of his crypto loss for long. I wish he could be able to let go of the saddening experience someday and look forward to better days in years to come

Not in the class of those that will jump into conclusions on this incident, this can happen to anyone, because rubbers this day's are very educated and up to date with trending things so if they see cryptocurrency wallet on your devices, or exchange apps they may ask the victim to open them and once they see balance in there they got a bounty, $800k worth crypto assets is huge amount.


Privacy could be 100% and this kind of thing still happening, but your advice of low key profile is very welcome most especially if you have a large portfolio, better to get a private security for such amount of assets instead risking it on privacy and thinking no one will know about your crypto assets.

[jossiel]

It's sad that these crypto influencers have publicly displayed their lives and does it for a living. If someone is in that situation right now, think of it if it's worth it.

You get to be famous and earn a lot from contents but, at what expense? we hate these criminals who are speculating everyone who's not low profile.

They can attack anybody but if they have no idea what people does inside their house and what wealth they have, they'll skip those who remains low key.

Ive known a lot of crypto influencers who keeps their identity intact and secretive. Theres no point to link your personal identity and your crypto life. This guy must be like of someone who are boastful to flex his personal gains on web3.

But if they have already exposed themselves publicly, they're now a public figure and their lives are now an open book.

And if they're into crypto, how they can keep their identities hidden still? or they just create typical information contents without having to reveal their personal lives.

I am sorry for this influencer for what happened to him but he doesn’t look like one that will stop this even after the wrench attack on him. That’s where he earns a living from and from his page, he’s really having lots of followers that are following him and making some bucks from there.

Wrench attack will always be on the increase as far as people want to be showing off their flamboyant lifestyle, and this is also the very means that they can keep up with having that much followers, there only means of persuading them that they’re doing well and these followers can follow in their footsteps to make money too.

He has to change some of his routines.

If he's the kind of creator that keeps on flaunting his crypto assets and even the other investments he's got, he needs to stop doing that for this very important reason.

[Japinat]

Incidents like this are mostly the reason we are advised to live a low-key and private life off and on the Internet, no matter who you are because you don't know who has good intentions not bad intentions towards you.

The crypto trader will live with this memory of his crypto loss for long. I wish he could be able to let go of the saddening experience someday and look forward to better days in years to come

The crypto trader must have learned the hard way. But he's still lucky that he's alive as some crypto traders have been attacked and steal their coins, and they get eventually killed by those criminals. Maybe that's how unfortunate their fate is, or they could have avoided it if they also take precautionary measures and value their privacy more over flexing online their current achievements. Living low-key isn't that hard, but I guess some people do not really see it as something crucial for them, until something bad happened to them.

[ZAINmalik75]

Incidents like this are mostly the reason we are advised to live a low-key and private life off and on the Internet, no matter who you are because you don't know who has good intentions not bad intentions towards you.

The crypto trader will live with this memory of his crypto loss for long. I wish he could be able to let go of the saddening experience someday and look forward to better days in years to come

Forgetting such things is easier said than done, because we should ask ourselves, how would we feel if we had $800k an hour ago and now have nothing at all? It feels terrible, obviously, everything that you have saved or earned in your whole life is all gone in a few minutes. Such incidents also teach us a lesson about how we should never keep all our eggs in one basket, because if he had half or more of his funds saved somewhere else, somewhere which wouldn't be easily accesssible by anyone even if they kidnap you or break into your house. Thieves and robbers won't suspect that you are hiding most of your funds if they already got some, unless they already have information about everything.

Anyway, it is definitely important for people to take their privacy seriously. Stop posting anything on social media about your financial status or your trades and investments because people can spy on you through all that. With how AI technology is advancing, it is becoming easier for evil people to get information about things they find, you add a photo and ask AI about the address and it might find it for you quickly through whatever is visible in the picture or in the background.

[Tonimez]

Incidents like this are mostly the reason we are advised to live a low-key and private life off and on the Internet, no matter who you are because you don't know who has good intentions not bad intentions towards you.

The crypto trader will live with this memory of his crypto loss for long. I wish he could be able to let go of the saddening experience someday and look forward to better days in years to come

The crypto trader must have learned the hard way. But he's still lucky that he's alive as some crypto traders have been attacked and steal their coins, and they get eventually killed by those criminals. Maybe that's how unfortunate their fate is, or they could have avoided it if they also take precautionary measures and value their privacy more over flexing online their current achievements. Living low-key isn't that hard, but I guess some people do not really see it as something crucial for them, until something bad happened to them.

I feel so bad reading this experience indeed, it could be a horrible experience for anyone. One has to be very careful at Al time the way he interact with anyone especially when it comes to letting them know your crypto worth. Sometimes privacy saves us from several shits that could have wrecked us.

Away from that, this also bothers on security of the people, the government should do better to secure the life and properties of the citizens at all time by improving the security architecture of every city.

Criminals getting tech savvy is a very disturbing trend because it keeps everyone worried at the risk of such attacks at all time. I would suggest that everyone should be very proactive and delete transactions from emails and also uninstall apps swiftly when he senses danger or attack.

[mirakal]

These things happen very often. If they never happen to you, you won't know it's a daily encounter for some people.

In this situation, who is to blame? The country obviously can't be blamed, even if the country is fucked up. He is to be blamed.

Having trust the people around him to tell them how much he holds in crypto. The robbers are people he frequent chat with, drinks beer with that stole from him. It can't be a total stranger.

I also agree that the country can't be blamed, but since this violent wrench attacks have been rising across UK, then authorities should deal on this seriously to minimize such cases.

However, crypto traders should also do their part to avoid such instances. The attackers obviously have personal knowledge about the trader, that's why it's easy for them to make force transfer of cryptos. Hence, absolute privacy should be the topmost priority, especially if you are holding valuable amount of crypto. If not for your coins, at least for your life's safety.