2026-01-12 03:02:36

Recently, France has experienced a series of concerning security incidents. In just three days, three attempted kidnapping cases related to cryptocurrencies have occurred locally. These events indicate that individuals holding or trading crypto assets are facing increasing targeted criminal threats.

More seriously, reports have revealed that an employee of the French tax authorities was exposed for leaking certain taxpayers' crypto asset information to an unidentified third party. This incident exposed vulnerabilities in government data management, posing dual risks to personal privacy and asset security.

These events have sparked widespread attention within the cryptocurrency community. On one hand, high-net-worth crypto asset holders need to enhance their security awareness to prevent targeted crimes; on the other hand, governments and law enforcement agencies worldwide must strengthen protections for sensitive information to ensure taxpayers' and investors' privacy is not misused. This also reflects the ongoing challenge of balancing regulatory transparency with personal privacy protection as the cryptocurrency market develops.

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retroactive_airdrop

· 7h ago

France's recent move is really outrageous, with tax officials directly selling data? I’ve been saying the government simply can't control this matter.

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BuyHighSellLow

· 7h ago

France's situation is really outrageous, tax officials directly selling information? That's just too much --- Reliable security measures, how did the government become the biggest vulnerability instead --- Three kidnapping cases in three days, is holding assets so dangerous now --- How to balance privacy and regulation, to put it nicely, it's actually everyone doing their own thing --- Oh wow, government employees leaking asset information is even more terrifying than hackers --- High-net-worth individuals must install their own shields; the government is obviously unreliable

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LiquidityLarry

· 7h ago

France's move here is wild - someone leaked wealthy people's asset information from the tax department. Isn't this basically like sending the kidnappers the whale's coordinates directly?

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HashRateHermit

· 7h ago

French tax employees selling information, this operation is too outrageous, directly selling holders' addresses to the mafia? It's all because the government management is virtually nonexistent, privacy is not protected at all. This move is absolutely brilliant, the threat from internal insiders is even more concerning than from outsiders. Holding steadily is useless, the real problem is when a thief breaks into your home. French government, is this all you've got? You can't even ensure basic data security. Basically, the government and the mafia are on the same line; anyway, our information is already out there. Now it's clear, on-chain is much safer than the tax system.

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DeFiVeteran

· 7h ago

France's recent move is truly incredible; tax officials even dare to sell data? This is helping criminals with precise targeting.

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