Ledger co-founder David Balland was kidnapped and a cryptocurrency ransom was demanded. Sounds like they cut off one of his fingers and sent it with the ransom demand.
He was rescued by GIGN and multiple suspects are in custody.
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334 sats \ 3 replies \ @elvismercury 14h
It will only get more relevant I'm afraid.
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89 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 11h
I'm small time, but as bitcoin keeps going up I've stopped wearing any of my bitcoin gear or advertising that I have bitcoin. What's the point in making yourself a target.
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @scoopa 3h
good call. homie from the company i worked at here in TO also got napped. no bueno.
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27 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 13h
I thought of your old post immediately.
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72 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 13h
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105 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 12h
The stories we don't hear worry me more.
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81 sats \ 0 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 11h
One of the reasons good basic practice should be to not let anyone who knows more then your nym know that you have bitcoin. Obviously, that's not really avoidable for anyone who's a public figure in the bitcoin world.
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21 sats \ 7 replies \ @Satosora 14h
Publicity stunt?
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0 sats \ 6 replies \ @fm 14h
specially if the finguer part is true.. can you imagine
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1 sat \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 13h
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 13h
They also make fake fingertips for the japanese yakuza.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 14h
Some people will do anything for attention.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 13h
also we can have fake fingers...
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @NovaRift 14h
But cutting off a finger just for attention is wild.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 12h
Didn't work for them apparently
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12 sats \ 0 replies \ @stack_harder 13h
good thing they didnt go for the car battery on the balls!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @PictureRoom 2h
Is this factual information? That's insane
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @krispy_donkey 7h
When the time comes to store your seed phrase, how do you store it an I manner that makes kidnapping you pointless? Some people say ‘bury it 12 feet deep in your backyard’ or something, but that is not kidnap /torture resistant. If holding Bitcoin for financial gain has an Achilles heel, this is it.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @scoopa 7h
And now he cannot go to JP.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Shugard 8h
Holy crap!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nym 13h
Ouchie
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @LowK3y19 13h
Cut off his finger that’s messed up
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark 13h
That's actually terrifying
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 13h
This is the kind of shit you see in movies. ugh
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @john_doe 14h
Poor guy, I hope he recovers
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 14h
I was going to share this news, but you were quicker! 🤠
https://atlas21.com/ledger-co-founder-freed-after-kidnapping/
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