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🔴 Rage Weekly 45/26
The number of KYC/PII data breaches in this week's newsletter, at a glance:
+ Chainalysis
+ Gnosis Pay
+ UK Schools
+ DOJ
+ Philippine Government
+ South Korean Government
+ Canadian CrimeStoppers
+ Malaysia Airlines
The number of KYC/PII data breaches in this week's newsletter, at a glance:
+ Chainalysis
+ Gnosis Pay
+ UK Schools
+ DOJ
+ Philippine Government
+ South Korean Government
+ Canadian CrimeStoppers
+ Malaysia Airlines
🇯🇵 SMBC breach exposes data of up to 320,118 people
Japan’s SMBC Consumer Finance disclosed on November 5 that a breach had leaked personal and financial information relating to up to 320,118 people.
The company detected unauthorized access on November 2 and blocked access to the affected system that day. In its November 5 notice, SMBC said it was still investigating how the breach occurred and which customers were affected.
The breach also affected customers of partner banks, like DOCOMO SMTB Net Bank, whose data SMBC holds as part of its role guaranteeing their loans.
The exposed data includes names, dates of birth, addresses, contact details, driving licence numbers, employment information, annual income and loan guarantee details.
Japan’s SMBC Consumer Finance disclosed on November 5 that a breach had leaked personal and financial information relating to up to 320,118 people.
The company detected unauthorized access on November 2 and blocked access to the affected system that day. In its November 5 notice, SMBC said it was still investigating how the breach occurred and which customers were affected.
The breach also affected customers of partner banks, like DOCOMO SMTB Net Bank, whose data SMBC holds as part of its role guaranteeing their loans.
The exposed data includes names, dates of birth, addresses, contact details, driving licence numbers, employment information, annual income and loan guarantee details.
🇵🇱 Poland Proposes Wider Asset-Freezing Powers for Interior Minister
The Polish government plans to expand the Interior Minister’s asset-freezing powers to information manipulation benefiting EU-sanctioned actors, without prior court approval.
The new bill targets intentional, systematic, coordinated and inauthentic operations posing a real and serious risk to national interests, security, public order or elections.
As drafted, it claims to protect free expression and journalism unless they constitute knowing, actual participation in those operations.
It would also remove the automatic protection normally triggered by a favourable court ruling, including under Poland’s 2022 sanctions law. A freeze could therefore continue despite an initial court victory, pending a final judgment.
The Polish government plans to expand the Interior Minister’s asset-freezing powers to information manipulation benefiting EU-sanctioned actors, without prior court approval.
The new bill targets intentional, systematic, coordinated and inauthentic operations posing a real and serious risk to national interests, security, public order or elections.
As drafted, it claims to protect free expression and journalism unless they constitute knowing, actual participation in those operations.
It would also remove the automatic protection normally triggered by a favourable court ruling, including under Poland’s 2022 sanctions law. A freeze could therefore continue despite an initial court victory, pending a final judgment.
🇫🇷 France’s €100,000 Self-Custody Reporting Amendment Falls With Budget Rejection
France’s National Assembly approved an amendment on November 3 that would require taxpayers to report self-custodied crypto worth €100,000 or more, but the measure fell the following day when lawmakers rejected the 2027 budget bill.
"This amendment seeks to introduce a requirement to notify the tax authorities of self-hosted cryptoasset wallets once holdings reach €100,000."
Holdings would be valued on December 31, with reporting required even without a sale or realised gain. The measure could still be reintroduced during the budget process.
Discussing related proposals with lower reporting thresholds, French lawmaker Paul Midy said crypto entrepreneurs were being assaulted or kidnapped every 3 days in France.
"So what?" lawmaker Nicolas Sansu interjected, according to the official parliamentary transcript.
In an October 9 report, Cointelegraph cited figures supplied by France’s Interior Ministry showing 90 crypto-related cases involving kidnapping, extortion, threats, and violent theft between January and mid-August 2026.
France’s National Assembly approved an amendment on November 3 that would require taxpayers to report self-custodied crypto worth €100,000 or more, but the measure fell the following day when lawmakers rejected the 2027 budget bill.
"This amendment seeks to introduce a requirement to notify the tax authorities of self-hosted cryptoasset wallets once holdings reach €100,000."
Holdings would be valued on December 31, with reporting required even without a sale or realised gain. The measure could still be reintroduced during the budget process.
Discussing related proposals with lower reporting thresholds, French lawmaker Paul Midy said crypto entrepreneurs were being assaulted or kidnapped every 3 days in France.
"So what?" lawmaker Nicolas Sansu interjected, according to the official parliamentary transcript.
In an October 9 report, Cointelegraph cited figures supplied by France’s Interior Ministry showing 90 crypto-related cases involving kidnapping, extortion, threats, and violent theft between January and mid-August 2026.
