“Do you know the two words for despair? Open your eyes, with a knife at your neck, just say three million is enough, strip off my clothes for nude photos, sign various debt documents, hold my ID card, take out women's clothing and make me continuously rub my fingerprints, collect my saliva, hair, put a knife to my neck and take out a cup for me to collect my sperm myself.”

Today, a piece of news about Lan Zhanfei being kidnapped in South Africa surged to the trending topics: he claimed to have been taken hostage by Chinese people with knives in a five-star hotel.

The incident is shocking and reminds us again — people fear becoming famous, pigs fear gaining weight.

When “wealth, exposure, identity information, and action trajectory” overlap, anyone can become a target — for Web3 and cryptocurrency individuals, this risk is particularly urgent. Compared to traditional financial assets, once the private key or wallet access of crypto assets is leaked, funds can be transferred almost instantly and are difficult to trace. The intertwined characteristics of “anonymity, difficulty in recovery, and high returns” make cryptocurrency holders highly attractive targets.

To respond to such risks, a protective system must be built from multiple levels:

1. Strengthen real-world security

When going abroad, traveling, conducting transactions overseas, making large withdrawals, or engaging in high-risk operations, attention should be paid to itinerary confidentiality, accommodation safety, personnel accompaniment, and social information management, avoiding exposing assets and whereabouts in public (posting should also be done after the visit).

2. Scientifically conduct asset allocation and isolation

Avoid concentrating all assets in a single wallet, address, or on-chain. Store assets in a dispersed manner through multiple channels, forms, and time periods to effectively isolate risks.

3. Comprehensively enhance security awareness

Strictly manage private keys and mnemonic phrases, avoiding the use of easily traceable or associated addresses. At the same time, reduce online and offline recognizability, minimizing the exposure of digital traces.