India, May 26 -- Amid the search for Nancy Guthrie, the missing 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie, a former law enforcement executive at the Colorado Attorney General's Office and a graduate of the FBI National Academy has suggested that the Porch Guy may be a hired thug recruited by an overseas cybercriminal mastermind. Lisa J Miller told Fox News Digital that the kidnapping bears hallmarks of a wrench attack.

A "wrench attack" (also known as a $5 wrench attack or rubber-hose cryptanalysis) is a physical assault or kidnapping where the suspects use violence or coercion to force cryptocurrency holders to disclose their private keys, passwords, or seed phrases.

Miller also noted, however, that Nancy's case is not a "typical wrench a...