Last coindesk article got me thinking about the future of the cryptocurrency security. Here's my conclusions.
Now we are just at the begging of cases concerning offline theft of cryptocurrency riches.
We have seen just a couple of such cases in 2017/2018, but that happened in many countries all over the world. I'll write down a history of all of them
know crypto robbery cases
Pavel Lerner
Pavel was kidnapped in Ukraine, Kiev, in December 2017. He was the leader of EXMO exchange, and he was released only after paying 1 mln $. Source
Pavel Nyashin
Russian blogger, Pavel Nyashin, was robbed last week. People in Mercedes got into his house with guns, beaten him and stolen a case with ~500,000 $. He was robbed maybe because he was 'boasting' so much about his wealth on his YouTube channel.
Crypto trader from UK
Just another case of armed robbery, first of this type in England. 29th january, 2018. Coindesk article The man gave his bitcoins at the gunpoint.
Canadian cryptocurrency exchange
24th january. Canadian exchange office was almost robbed. Some armed men got into their office and tried to steal the money.
worsening situation in 2018
There is a small doubt that the situation will worsen in 2018. We already have robberies in Ukraine, Russia, UK, Canada and US.
solutions
One thing is to store your money in Ledger S, and another thing when some guys with weapons come to your house and put a gun at you. The solution, I believe, is in keeping low profile, and do not talk to almost anyone about how much money you have in crypto
