AML-KYC schemes are typically an attack on sovereignty and by proxy an attack on the small. For fiat banks, it’s lip service. Faux-compliance and security theater is a negotiated a cost of doing business for the large—a KYC cartel, and classic protection racket, to keep out the
Keep your cold card for evidence in the criminal and civil cases sure to follow. It may be the only reasonable way to “prove” your funds were taken. A weird twist about this hack is that the hackers know the serial number of the device. But if you have custody and control of the
PSA: If you have a Coldcard that was compromised, do not throw away or destroy the device.
If there are any recovery efforts to restore funds to victims, it likely will involve demonstrating you are a legitimate victim and not an impersonator.
This may involve demonstrating
