French national police shut down Reacher, a stolen data search engine, and arrested its three 17-year-old administrators. The platform, created in March 2026, indexed 730 million lines of data and recorded over 3 million searches. It has been linked to cryptocurrency-related kidnappings, with the Interior Ministry reporting 90 violent incidents related to cryptocurrencies between January and August 2026. A data leak at Waltio in January 2026 exposed approximately 50,000 users. Another service, BrixHub, claiming 11 billion data points, remains online despite being reported to justice on October 5.
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