{"id":26050,"date":"2026-04-16T11:47:46","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/france-to-unveil-new-security-measures-to-combat-crypto-kidnappings\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:47:53","slug":"france-to-unveil-new-security-measures-to-combat-crypto-kidnappings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/france-to-unveil-new-security-measures-to-combat-crypto-kidnappings\/","title":{"rendered":"France to unveil new security measures to combat crypto kidnappings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p>Jean-Didier Berger, France\u2019s minister delegate to the interior, has announced that the government is rolling out emergency protocols to defend digital asset holders against a violent surge in targeted kidnappings and physical extortions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_4d63b53c3e35acf8fbac809a79dc4d88\" 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>French authorities are launching a specialized prevention platform and a strategic security plan to combat a sharp rise in physical crypto-related crimes.<\/li>\n<li>Police records show 41 crypto-linked kidnappings have occurred in France since the start of 2026, marking a frequency of one attack every two and a half days.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>RTL, a local news outlet, reports that French authorities have documented 41 crypto-linked abductions since the start of 2026, a figure that averages out to one attack every 2.5 days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The spike in physical violence follows a year where France became the global leader in \u201cwrench attacks,\u201d a term for crimes where victims are assaulted or threatened to force the handover of digital keys.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>According to cybersecurity platform CertiK, France recorded 19 such confirmed cases in 2025, contributing to a trend where Europe now accounts for nearly 40% of these incidents worldwide.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protective measures and rising violence<\/h1>\n<p>Berger, speaking at Paris Blockchain Week, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/french-minister-measures-crypto-wrench-attacks-kidnappings\" target=\"_blank\">stated<\/a> that his office has already implemented preventative measures, including a specialized security platform that has already seen thousands of sign-ups.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He is currently working with Interior Minister Laurent Nu\u00f1ez on a more comprehensive strategy to be unveiled in the coming weeks. The government intervention comes as criminal networks increasingly target the families of digital entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a mother and her 11-year-old child were <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StarPlatinum_\/status\/2044344856332374026?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">abducted<\/a> in Burgundy by four suspects who demanded a 400,000 euro ($471,000) ransom from the father, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the victims were safely freed on Tuesday morning and the suspects arrested, the case highlights the growing danger for those in the industry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other recent cases involve criminals posing as police officers to rob a couple of $1 million in Bitcoin, and the February kidnapping of a magistrate and her mother to extort a partner involved in the crypto sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAuthorities are taking measures to protect cryptocurrency investors from the growing threat of crypto kidnappings and wrench attacks in the country,\u201d Berger noted, emphasizing that the state is shifting its focus toward the physical safety of the blockchain community.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean-Didier Berger, France\u2019s minister delegate to the interior, has announced that the government is rolling out emergency protocols to defend digital asset holders against a violent surge in targeted kidnappings&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26050","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\/26050","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=26050"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26051,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26050\/revisions\/26051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}