Cryptographic entrepreneurs and their families in France will receive improved security measures in the middle of a recent increase in kidnappings related to cryptography in the country, Politician said.
According to the May 16 report, the measures include priority access to police emergency lines, house security evaluations and security sessions of the French police to ensure that best practices are followed.
Interior Minister of France Bruno Retailleau introduced security measures as part of a broader effort to counteract the recent wave of attacks.
“These repeated kidnappings of professionals in the cryptographic sector will be fought with specific tools, both immediate and in the short term, to prevent, deter and bother to protect the industry.”
The law officers will also undergo “training in anti-Crypto money laundering”, Retailleau Nuteted.
Retaileu with several local leaders of the cryptographic industry to discuss measures after three kidnapping incidents related to cryptography in recent months.
Two kidnappings and a failed attempt in France this year
The last incident occurred on May 13, when the assailants tried to kidnap the daughter and grandson of Pierre Noizat, CEO of the French cryptography platform Paymium. Fortunately, they managed to defend themselves from the attack, which occurred in broad daylight.
The assailants tried to force the couple to a van who is waiting, but Noizat’s daughter managed to get one of the weapons of an assailant and throw it, the local police said.
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– Le Figaro (@le_figando) May 13, 2025
On May 3, the Paris Police released the father of a cryptographic businessman who was held for several days in relation to a 7 million euros kidnapping plot ($ 7.8 million).
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In January, the co -founder of the Ledger cryptographic hardware wallet, David Balland, kidnapped his home in the center of France during the early hours of January 21. He was a captive hero until a police operation on the night of January 22 assured his release.
Retailleau said earlier this week that he believes that incidents were probably connected.
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It has a bone of more than 150 robberies related to crypto or kidnapping incidents since 2014, with 23 of those incidents that occur only in 2025, according to a GITHUB database maintained by Bitcoin Cypherpunk Jameson Lopp.
LOPP said that many of these criminals generally identify future victims through publications in social networks, public conversations, meetings and conferences.
The advice strongly against trades equal to particularly with people who do not trust the wealth that trusts the brand’s social networks and cryptographic clothing.
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