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SUMMARY:Digital Trust and Security Webinar: Marilyne Ordekian
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DESCRIPTION:Talk Title: Investigating Wrench Attacks: Physical Attacks Ta
 rgeting Cryptocurrency Users\n\nCryptocurrency wrench attacks are physic
 al attacks targeting cryptocurrency users in the real world to illegally
  obtain cryptocurrencies. These attacks significantly undermine the effi
 cacy of existing digital security norms when confronted with real-world 
 threats. We present the first comprehensive study on wrench attacks. We 
 propose a theoretical approach to defining wrench attacks per criminal l
 aw norms\, and an interdisciplinary empirical approach to measure their 
 incidence. Leveraging three data sources\, we perform crime script analy
 sis\, detecting incidents globally across 10 interviews with victims and
  experts\, 146 news articles\, and 37 online forums. Our findings reveal
  diverse groups of attackers ranging from organized crime groups to frie
 nds and family\, various modi operandi\, and different forms of attacks 
 varying from blackmail to murder. Despite existing since Bitcoin’s early
  days\, these attacks are underreported due to revictimization fears. Ad
 ditionally\, unlike other cryptocurrency crimes\, users with advanced se
 curity experience were not immune to them. We identify potential vulnera
 bilities in users' behavior and encourage cryptocurrency holders to lean
  into digital as well as physical safety measures to protect themselves 
 and their cryptocurrency. We offer actionable recommendations for the se
 curity community and regulators\, highlighting the double-edged sword of
  Know Your Customer policies.\n\nPaper published in a top computer scien
 ce venue: Marilyne Ordekian\, Gilberto Atondo-Siu\, Alice Hutchings\, an
 d Marie Vasek. Investigating Wrench Attacks: Physical Attacks Targeting 
 Cryptocurrency Users. In 6th Conference on Advances in Financial Technol
 ogies (AFT 2024).\n\nSpeaker Biography:\n\nMarilyne Ordekian is a final 
 year Ph.D. candidate at UCL Centre for Doctoral Training in Cybersecurit
 y and a junior lawyer. Her interdisciplinary research\, funded by the EP
 SRC\, spans two key themes at the intersection of law\, cybersecurity\, 
 and technology. The first focuses on the cryptocurrency ecosystem\, wher
 e she develops methods to empirically quantify regulations and measure p
 latform compliance. She also empirically investigates emerging cryptocur
 rency crimes\, with pioneering research on wrench attacks and pig butche
 ring scams. Her second theme explores the application of AI in law\, exa
 mining the emerging privacy and security issues that arise from its use.
 \n\nConnect with the Centre for Digital Trust and Society\n\nThe Centre 
 for Digital Trust and Society organises the DTS Guest Seminar Series and
  is a focal point for research across the University of Manchester that 
 explores aspects of trust and security in our digital world. The Centre 
 is part of Digital Futures\, a highly interdisciplinary network which op
 erates across the whole range of the University of Manchester's digital 
 research.\n\nAbout Digital Futures:\n\nDigital Futures is a highly inter
 disciplinary network that operates across the whole range of the Univers
 ity’s digital research. We aim to present a coherent overview of The Uni
 versity of Manchester's digital research activity to external stakeholde
 rs and bring together research communities to explore new research areas
  and address strategic opportunities.\n\nConnect with us:\n\nX: twitter.
 com/DigitalUoM\n\nBlue Sky: bsky.app/profile/digitaluom.bsky.social\n\nL
 inkedin: linkedin.com/showcase/digital-futures-at-the-university-of-manc
 hester\n\nWebsite: digitalfutures.manchester.ac.uk\n\nNewsletter: tinyur
 l.com/digitalfuturesuom
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