{"id":883759,"date":"2026-01-09T05:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/how-to-not-get-kidnapped-for-your-bitcoin\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:35:17","slug":"how-to-not-get-kidnapped-for-your-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/how-to-not-get-kidnapped-for-your-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to not get kidnapped for your bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoins <\/p>\n<div data-test-ui=\"container\" id=\"fusion-app\">\n<header>\n<div data-test-ui=\"header\" id=\"masthead-header\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/\" data-ref-page-element=\"null:nav:1:home\" aria-label=\"go to homepage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/pf\/resources\/logos\/default.svg?d=997\" width=\"306\" height=\"52\" alt=\"bitcoins NZ Herald\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<nav><\/nav>\n<\/header>\n<p><main id=\"main\" role=\"main\" data-test-ui=\"main\"><\/p>\n<article data-test-ui=\"v2-article v2-article--sidebar-hidden\">\n<section data-test-ui=\"v2-article-section-top\">\n<header data-test-ui=\"article__header\" data-ref-group=\"header\">\n<div data-test-ui=\"article__header-info\" data-ref-group=\"author\">\n<p><span data-test-ui=\"author--name\">David Yaffe-Bellany and Maurizio Fiorino<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-test-ui=\"distributor--name\">New York Times<\/span><span data-test-ui=\"distributor-meta-divider\">\u00b7<\/span><\/p>\n<p><time data-test-ui=\"author-display--date\">26 Dec, 2025 07:00 PM<\/time><span data-test-ui=\"author-read-time\"><span><\/span>8 mins to read<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-ui=\"hero-container\">\n<p data-test-ui=\"hero-wrapper\">\n<figure data-test-ui=\"hero-figure\"><figcaption>Kevin Harris, a security consultant, pushing a metal tool into a ziptie during a training workshop in Switzerland. Photo \/ Maurizio Fiorino, The New York Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<p data-test-ui=\"figure__caption\">Kevin Harris, a security consultant, pushing a metal tool into a ziptie during a training workshop in Switzerland. Photo \/ Maurizio Fiorino, The New York Times<\/p>\n<section data-test-ui=\"article-top-body\">\n<p class><b>Escaping zipties, hiring bodyguards and other practical lessons in self-defence for crypto traders, after a series of gruesome crimes spooked the community. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class>Pete Kayll, a muscle-bound veteran of Britain\u2019s Royal Marines, had an unusual instruction for the bitcoin investors gathered in Switzerland in late October.<\/p>\n<p class>\n         <span>\u201cJust bite your way<\/span><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<p> David Yaffe-Bellany and Maurizio Fiorino <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/world\/how-to-not-get-kidnapped-for-your-bitcoin\/premium\/7OF6DGQZHZAP7J7RSW3TVCWT6E\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Yaffe-Bellany and Maurizio Fiorino New York Times \u00b7 26 Dec, 2025 07:00 PM 8 mins to read Kevin Harris, a security consultant, pushing a metal tool into a ziptie during a training workshop in Switzerland. Photo \/ Maurizio Fiorino, The New York Times Kevin Harris, a security consultant, pushing a metal tool into a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":883760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4041,129705],"tags":[11476],"class_list":["post-883759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin","category-kidnapped","tag-bitcoins"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=883759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/883759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/883760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=883759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=883759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=883759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}