{"id":623081,"date":"2026-07-02T05:52:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/france-to-strengthen-response-as-crypto-wrench-attacks-hit-77\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T05:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T05:52:52","slug":"france-to-strengthen-response-as-crypto-wrench-attacks-hit-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/france-to-strengthen-response-as-crypto-wrench-attacks-hit-77\/","title":{"rendered":"France to strengthen response as crypto wrench attacks hit 77"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"France<\/p>\n

French Interior Minister Laurent Nu\u00f1ez promised a \u201cmore ambitious\u201d three-part plan to reinforce security measures for the crypto sector.\n<\/p>\n

French Interior Minister Laurent Nu\u00f1ez has promised a “more ambitious” approach to tackling crypto ransom attacks after confirming there were 77 kidnapping, extortion or attempted extortion incidents linked to crypto in the first half of 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nu\u00f1ez said Tuesday that the 77 incidents recorded so far this year are up sharply from the 45 recorded in all of 2025, according<\/span><\/a> to local outlet BFM Business.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are serious matters, and your concern is legitimate,\u201d he told the Association for the Development of Digital Assets (ADAN) as he promised more government support.<\/p>\n

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French Interior Minister Laurent Nu\u00f1ez promised a \u201cmore ambitious\u201d three-part plan to reinforce security measures for the crypto sector. French Interior Minister Laurent Nu\u00f1ez has promised a “more ambitious” approach to tackling crypto ransom attacks after confirming there were 77 kidnapping, extortion or attempted extortion incidents linked to crypto in the first half of 2026.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":623082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-623081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}