“The attackers struck in darkness, forcing their way into Balland’s residence in the Cher region of central France during the early morning hours of January 21.”
Kidnappers took Ledger co-founder David Balland and his wife from their home and demanded a crypto ransom. Police freed him the next day. Le Parisien reports the kidnappers cut off one of his fingers. A hardware wallet protects the coins, not the people known to hold them.