Inside the ‘fake police raid’ that forced a $1M Bitcoin transfer

A fake police raid enabled a $1 million Bitcoin robbery, exposing the rise of wrench attacks and the shift from digital hacks to physical crypto threats.

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Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya

📅 Apr 21, 2026·⏱ 1 min read·CoinTelegraph ↗

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