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Life Imitates xkcd Comic As Florida Gang Beats Crypto Password From Retiree (packetstormsecurity.com)

submitted 1 year ago by lemmydev2 to c/pulse_of_truth

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[–] ResoluteCatnap@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

They got access to the email accounts so credential stuffing and checking which emails had crypto if i had to guess.

Some additional reading here: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/man-convicted-violent-home-invasion-robberies-steal-cryptocurrency

Though there have been crypto companies with data breaches, like coinbase, so they could've always specifically targeted people who were known to have crypto from such leaks.