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by nullc 385 days ago
Kinda backwards there, _billions_ of dollars a year are stolen from US residents that have the money in banks, the FTC says 12.5 billion last year. It's so easy that you don't even have to apply a wrench.
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Yes you can do identity theft type things, but the in-flesh attacks are much harder.

Me kidnapping you probably isn't going to yield me much money from a bank. And robbing a bank is a death sentence.

You can also do non physical attacks to steal crypto. Sim-swapping being one.