<![CDATA[At the beginning of the year, I wrote about a really awful kidnapping incident that happened in France, where a gang of somewhere between 20 and 40 thugs burst into the country home of a crypto firm's founder. Insult to injury, the fellow didn't even work there anymore, but no matter. They hauled him and his wife away, cut off one of his fingers to send to a business associate (!) with a ransom demand, and waited for the money to come in. Luckily, a French tactical police unit figured out where they were and got them both out safely.]]>