In brief
- Three masked men broke into a home in Manosque, France, tying up a woman at gunpoint and stealing a USB drive containing her partner’s crypto data.
- A French tax official was indicted last June for allegedly using tax records to identify crypto holders and passing information to organized crime networks.
- Security researcher Jameson Lopp’s database has documented over 70 crypto wrench attacks globally last year.
Three masked men broke into a home in Manosque, France, on Monday evening, tying up a woman at gunpoint and stealing a USB drive containing her partner’s crypto data.
The incident occurred at a residence on Chemin Champs de Pruniers in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, according to French outlet Le Parisien.
The assailants…
Jan 10 2026
