Crypto Wrench Attacks Are Escalating in France as Family Held Hostage

A quiet home in northern France became the scene of a violent crypto robbery early Sunday, when four masked men broke in, restrained a family and forced the father to hand over €40,000 in digital assets.The case adds another entry to France’s fast growing list of crypto wrench attacks, a form of physical extortion in which criminals target people believed to have access to cryptocurrency and force them to surrender it.The attack happened around 4 a.m. in Vendin-le-Vieil, according to