🚨🇨🇵 CRYPTO AND SECURITY: KIDNAPPING ALERT IN FRANCE 🇨🇵 🚨
The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has made serious allegations against the French tax authorities, claiming that sensitive data on crypto holders has been sold to criminal groups. According to Durov, this data leak has contributed to 41 kidnappings of crypto investors in the first three and a half months of 2026, already surpassing the total of 30 cases recorded in all of 2025.
This phenomenon is part of a growing global trend: so-called 'wrench attacks', or physical assaults to gain access to wallets and funds, have increased by 75% in 2025, with 72 verified cases and losses exceeding $40.9 million.
Kidnapping has become the primary method, with 25 documented episodes.
Europe is currently the epicenter of these attacks, accounting for 40.3% of global cases.
France is particularly affected: in 2025, it recorded 19 attacks, more than double the number in the United States, and in 2026, it concentrates about two-thirds of the global episodes.
There is also concern about the evolution of targets: no longer just big investors or founders, but mid-tier users, family members, and even children.
Crypto security is no longer just digital. It has become a personal and physical issue, with implications that go far beyond technology.
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