# Physical Coercion Crypto asset owners faces a greater risk of [wrench attacks](https://xkcd.com/538/) than traditional asset holders, since it is so portable and transactions are irreversible. While [physical attacks are rare](https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks/blob/master/README.md), they are increasing as adoption is going mainstream. Although other forms of wealth are harder to transfer, we are beginning to see increased ransom demands of crypto assets from targets who are traditionally wealthy. **Mitigation:** * Improve your privacy so that attackers can't find your physical location in order to attack you. * Harden your physical security to deter / stop attacks who do find you. * Store keys in multiple locations to increase the difficulty of coercion. The attacker has to steal wallets from multiple locations, require more time and resources and increasing the chance that the attacker will be noticed and caught. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.casa.io/wealth-security-protocol/threat-overview/physical-coercion.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.