NEW: accused mastermind of French crypto kidnappings arrested in Morocco.

24-yo Badiss Mohamed Amide Bajjou allegedly orchestrated the kidnappings & assaults from abroad.

Including severing Ledger founder David Balland's finger.

Authorities are probing possible links to additional cases.

This dynamic of remotely-masterminded attacks is terrifying. Nothing about these attacks requires super special skills, and the sheer ease of moving the assets once the wrench attack has happened is likely to attract more criminal groups.

I still think we're in the earliest days of these. Plenty of #OPSEC lessons and complexities to start thinking about here.

Also, almost certainly the case that post- #Coinbase breach we will see more of these attacks.

Read the news story: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2025/06/04/suspected-mastermind-of-french-crypto-kidnappings-arrested-in-morocco_6742008_13.html