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Crypto Extortion Success Rate Drops to 26% as Attacks Rise
Violent crypto theft attempts are surging but failing at record rates. France leads with 30 incidents in H1. Chainalysis reports 26% success rate, down from 67%.
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Only 12 of 46 violent crypto extortion attempts succeeded through late June, Chainalysis said Wednesday. That put the success rate at 26%, down sharply from 67% in 2024 and 49% in 2025.
France is the center of the surge. The country recorded 30 documented attack incidents in the first half of the year, more than the 19 in all of 2025, according to the report. Chainalysis attributed the French spike to a 2024 breach of tax agency records that exposed the identities and holdings of crypto investors.
Attack methods are shifting. Home invasions made up 37% of all incidents in 2026, up from 26% in 2023. Family members of victims were targeted in more than 40% of French cases, the report found.