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Paris Crypto Heist: Kidnappers Hold Victim Hostage for Ledger Credentials
Paris Crypto Heist: Kidnappers Hold Victim Hostage for Ledger Credentials
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In a brazen crypto crime straight out of a cyber-thriller, armed assailants in Paris reportedly kidnapped a victim and demanded access to their Ledger hardware wallet.
The not-so-hardware-hardened: When your cold storage gets hot-wired at gunpoint. Security experts warn this marks a dangerous escalation in physical crypto theft tactics—turns out your seed phrase isn't safe when someone's holding a gun to your head.
Meanwhile, traditional bankers are probably sipping Bordeaux and muttering 'unregulated markets' under their breath—as if fiat hasn't funded every ransom demand since the invention of paper money.
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