Physical attacks targeting cryptocurrency holders will increase by 75% year-on-year in 2025, resulting in losses exceeding $40.9 million According to Decrypt, the latest report from blockchain security company CertiK shows a surge in physical attacks (i.e. "brute force attacks") against cryptocurrency holders in 2025, with 72 recorded attacks throughout the year, a year-on-year increase of 75%, resulting in losses exceeding $40.9 million. The report states that such attacks have evolved from marginal risks to structural threats, with kidnapping becoming the most common means, and personal attacks increasing by 250% year-on-year. There has been a significant change in the distribution of attack areas: Europe has become the hardest hit region, accounting for over 40% of global events, with France ranking first with 19 incidents; The proportion of the United States has significantly decreased from 36.6% in 2024 to 12.5%; Asia still accounts for approximately 33.3% of high-risk areas. CertiK recommends individual users to adopt defense strategies such as setting up bait wallets, geographically isolating mnemonic words from hardware wallets, and reducing their public cryptocurrency footprint; Institutions and high net worth individuals should consider adopting a multi signature wallet architecture, setting up time locked smart contracts, and developing executive protection agreements.