A family in France was robbed during a gunpoint invasion and kidnapping, with €700k in crypto assets stolen.

Mars Finance News, according to French media reports, on the morning of April 20 local time, a malicious “cryptocurrency targeted robbery” occurred in Ploermel, France: two masked gunmen broke into a residence, took control of a family of five (including two children and two elderly people), and tied them up for several hours, ultimately coercing the victims to transfer about 700k euros worth of cryptocurrency.
The incident took place in a residential community in broad daylight, with the suspects clearly “prepared” and fully aware of the victims’ holdings of crypto assets.
Police initially judged this case as a typical new crime pattern of “offline violence + on-chain transfer,” that is, using physical threats to forcibly obtain private keys or transfer authorization.
It is worth noting that the family members involved work in the crypto industry or related fields, which may be a key reason for this targeted attack.
The case is still under investigation, and the suspects have not yet been arrested.
This incident once again highlights that, with the increasing popularity of crypto assets, “physical world attacks” (such as kidnapping and home invasions) are becoming new security risks, and personal asset security is no longer limited to on-chain protection.