How One Crypto Hack Cost An Investor His Grandma’s $20K Legacy—And How You Can Protect Yourself
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A devastating loss that started with a simple software download has crypto investors questioning everything they thought they knew about wallet security. When Reddit user “Mantzy81” watched 0.55 BTC—worth $60,000—vanish from his Exodus wallet on July 14, it wasn’t just another cautionary tale. Half of that money was a $20,000 inheritance from his grandmother, earmarked for buying a house.
“I feel sick,” Mantzy81 wrote in his post, describing how the loss would “take the best part of a decade to recover from.” What makes this story particularly chilling is how ordinary it was—no sophisticated hacking…
