{"id":20546,"date":"2026-01-23T23:36:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/frances-waltio-faces-ransom-threat-from-notorious-hacker-collective\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T23:36:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T23:36:59","slug":"frances-waltio-faces-ransom-threat-from-notorious-hacker-collective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/frances-waltio-faces-ransom-threat-from-notorious-hacker-collective\/","title":{"rendered":"France\u2019s Waltio faces ransom threat from notorious hacker collective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Waltio, a French crypto tax platform, is under siege from ShinyHunters, a notorious ransomware group claiming to hold the personal data of nearly 50,000 users.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_7d761998d0fc93b13667c490228caeb0\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Waltio is being extorted by ransomware group ShinyHunters.<\/li>\n<li>The company confirmed services remain secure, and no crypto or banking access was compromised.<\/li>\n<li>ShinyHunters is notorious for targeting major companies and crypto exchanges.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>ShinyHunters, known for high-profile crypto and corporate hacks, is threatening to leak users\u2019 2024 tax reports unless a ransom is paid. <\/p>\n<p>Waltio says its services and production systems remain secure and that no sensitive banking or crypto access data was compromised. <\/p>\n<p>The company has filed a complaint with France\u2019s cybercrime unit, marking the latest clash between crypto-focused platforms and international extortion groups.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/protos.com\/french-crypto-tax-firm-targeted-in-shinyhunters-extortion-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Protos<\/a>, ShinyHunters has previously extorted AT&amp;T for six bitcoins ($373,000), threatened to leak Ticketmaster data, and targeted major Indian crypto exchanges.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waltio, a French crypto tax platform, is under siege from ShinyHunters, a notorious ransomware group claiming to hold the personal data of nearly 50,000 users. Summary Waltio is being extorted&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20548,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20546\/revisions\/20548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}