Insiders sell government crypto database to violent home invaders as transparency laws backfire
A tax employee in Bobigny used internal software to compile dossiers on cryptocurrency specialists, billionaire Vincent Bolloré, prison guards, and a judge. She passed the information to criminals who paid €800 to attack a prison officer at home in Montreuil.
Her appeal was rejected Jan. 6, as reported by local media.
The case matters less for what happened than for how targets were selected. The newest vector isn’t Telegram doxxing or compromised exchanges. It’s privileged access to state identity systems that map names to addresses, phone numbers, and family structures with a single query.
France’s National Police Inspectorate logged 93 investigations in 2024 for violation of professional secrecy and 76 for database diversion. The…
