“This year, a single French gang cut off the finger of an #entrepreneur, doused an #influencer’s father in gasoline and tried to snatch a #CEO’s daughter from the streets of Paris, according to French police.
An Italian #investor was tortured with a chainsaw and taser for weeks in a New York City townhouse, local police said. A British #trader was allegedly held captive in a Spanish hotel room. A popular influencer in Houston, Texas, was held at gunpoint and pistol-whipped in her own home while her three assailants demanded millions in #cryptocurrency, according to local news reports. The list goes on.
As the industry matures, so does the #cybersecurity guarding #exchanges and #wallets. The value stored within these #DigitalVaults is soaring. The result: #hacks are becoming #heists. #Cryptocurrency has long suffered from sophisticated and devastating #DigitalAttacks. Now, however, thefts are manifesting in the offline world, too. For the industry’s high-rollers, the targets on their backs have never felt heavier.”
The influence gap is narrowing between the digital on the physical world.
#Technology / #RealWorld / #IRL <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/28/cryptocurrency-hacks-kidnappings-crime>
