What are 'Wrench Attacks?' Nancy Guthrie Theory Emerges - Newsweek
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A former FBI agent's "wrench attack" theory reframes Nancy Guthrie's disappearance as a crypto-crime, where physical violence replaces hacking to steal digital wealth.
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Theory Briefing
- Nancy Guthrie, mother of NBC anchor Savannah Guthrie, went missing under suspicious circumstances that prompted a federal investigation.
- A former FBI agent theorizes she may have been targeted in a 'wrench attack' — criminals using physical force to coerce crypto holders into surrendering their assets.
- Wrench attacks exploit the unrecoverable, anonymous nature of cryptocurrency, making elderly or high-profile-adjacent victims easy targets with no digital paper trail.