ChainCatcher news: According to Cointelegraph, on-chain detective ZachXBT said he noticed an increase in reports from victims of cryptocurrency robberies. He recently posted that "in the past few months, the number of victims of cryptocurrency burglaries in Western Europe has been much higher than in other regions." He received information from multiple victims and disclosed a robbery involving $4.3 million.

ZachXBT said: "This is a cautionary tale that hopefully will help lead to arrests and hopefully people will learn from it and take protective measures. Avoid sharing personal information or details about your crypto assets with friends or showing off on social media."

According to GitHub data, there were at least 15 offline crypto robberies from different countries or regions in the past year, about 17 in 2023, and 32 in 2021.