how did thieves know these specific people had "crypto"? home addresses, etc.?
I suspect I'm going to be saying "I told you so" a lot more frequently in the coming years.
https://www.wired.com/story/crypto-home-invasion-crime-ring/
Discussion
Fairly easy if they used exchanges, services, or bought products that were involved in prior hacks like the Ledger list
Crypto Bruh's are very good in doxing themselves. From posting their MetaMask balances on X all the way to their location. Then there is data sets being sold on the dark web from hacked/defunct exchanges. Etc etc
KYC creates these situations