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https://6abc.com/post/what-know-nyc-crypto-kidnapping-torture-case/16588859/

I just read the story about the Italian kidnapped by a New York couple and tortured to disclose the credentials for his crypto assets - and the first thing that came to mind was XKCD 538 "Security" about the five dollar wrench.

Am I a bad person?

#xkcd538 #xkcd #JohnWoeltz #BeatriceFolchi

[Cueball is holding a laptop up in two hands, showing it to his Cueball-like friend who is examining it while holding a hand up to his head. Above the top of the panels frame, there is a box with a caption:]
A Crypto nerd's imagination:
Cueball: His laptop's encrypted. Let's build a million-dollar cluster to crack it.
Friend: No good! It's 4096-bit RSA!
Cueball: Blast! Our evil plan is foiled!

[Cueball is holding a closed laptop down in one hand while giving his Cueball-like friend a wrench with the other. The friend reaches out for it. Above the top of the panels frame, there is a box with a caption:]
What would actually happen:
Cueball: His laptop's encrypted. Drug him and hit him with this $5 wrench until he tells us the password.
Friend : Got it.

how it started / how it's going, crypto security researcher edition

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John Woeltz presenting about an audit of some zero knowledge proof code in 2019

Crypto investor allegedly tortured captive Italian tourist with a chainsaw for weeks inluxe NYC pad in sadistic scheme to gain password: sources Published May 23, 2025 | Updated May 23, 2025, 10:21 p.m.

Photo shows police walking handcuffed man out of a building.

Photo caption: Cryptocurrency investor John Woeltz was taken into custody and hit with a slew of charges Friday night.

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