Chapter

The Dangers of Publicly Owning Bitcoin
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10:27 - 17:08 (06:41)

Criminals often go after Bitcoin owners who publicly post or talk about their holdings in order to steal their cryptocurrencies through tactics such as SIM card swapping, email access, and password recovery.

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Criminals target individuals who own a significant amount of Bitcoin by using social engineering to take control of their phone number and email address to empty their cryptocurrency wallets stored on exchanges.
10:27 - 14:26 (03:59)
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Bitcoin
Summary

Criminals target individuals who own a significant amount of Bitcoin by using social engineering to take control of their phone number and email address to empty their cryptocurrency wallets stored on exchanges.

Chapter
The Dangers of Publicly Owning Bitcoin
Episode
97: The Pizza Problem
Podcast
Darknet Diaries
Miles experienced trouble when someone attempted to steal his social media username, leading to a SIM hack.
14:26 - 17:08 (02:42)
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Social Media
Summary

Miles experienced trouble when someone attempted to steal his social media username, leading to a SIM hack. However, he was able to intercept the hack more quickly with the help of T-Mobile.

Chapter
The Dangers of Publicly Owning Bitcoin
Episode
97: The Pizza Problem
Podcast
Darknet Diaries