Security· ★★★· bearish·

16-year-old 'Casquette' charged over French tax authority hack

  • —'Casquette' and ChatNoir are seen as heads of the ZeroBytes group, formerly Epsilon
  • —Stolen data covers 392,867 individuals and 285,570 businesses, including income and addresses
  • —Chainalysis counted 158,000 personal wallet compromises in 2025, with $713M lost
  • —ANSSI says about 14 GB of data left the network over three months without alerts
Why it matters: Infostealers lift seed phrases and exchange sessions, so 2FA and hardware wallets remain the baseline defence for holders.
Source: Journal du Coin
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