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Paris Kidnap Bid Highlights Crypto Data Security Risks

  • French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau met privately with crypto executives on Friday to address recent kidnapping attempts in Paris targeting cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and their families.
  • The meeting followed a failed daylight kidnapping attempt Tuesday against the daughter and grandson of Pierre Noizat, CEO of Bitcoin exchange Paymium, which added to earlier high-profile ransom cases this year.
  • Retailleau announced new security measures including enhanced collaboration with police, priority emergency access, home security checks, and specialized briefings by elite units for crypto professionals.
  • Noizat cautioned that the situation is only beginning to worsen without intervention, while Ledger co-founder Eric Larchevêque emphasized that both entrepreneurs and France’s reputation face significant risks, reflecting growing anxiety within the industry.
  • The escalating kidnappings pose major challenges to France's efforts to promote tech innovation and threaten both crypto industry safety and political stability ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
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Paris kidnap bid highlights crypto data security risks

New regulations threaten the security of the personal data of cryptocurrency users and may expose them to "physical danger", the platform at the centre of last week's Paris kidnapping attempt has claimed.

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Cryptoast broke the news in on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
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