11/12/2019
Blackstone Defense Services was mentioned in a New York Times article discussing security concerns of the crypto rich. We provided a regional threat assessment, site vulnerability assessment, executive protection, and led a discussion on security for the cryptocurrency community at the Satoshi Roundtable in Mexico. A hacker threat to conference attendees was mitigated by Blackstone staff and recently led to an arrest by the FBI. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/18/technology/virtual-currency-extortion.html
Criminals have been going after big holders of Bitcoin and Ether, taking advantage of the ease with which vast virtual currency riches can be transferred.