France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens' IDs
5 hours ago
- #Cybersecurity
- #Identity Theft
- #Data Breach
- The French agency ANTS (Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés) confirmed a data breach affecting identity documents like national IDs and passports.
- Stolen data includes full names, dates and places of birth, mailing and email addresses, and phone numbers, with an undisclosed number of citizens impacted.
- The breach was detected on April 15, but ANTS has not specified the exact number of affected individuals; reports suggest millions may be involved.
- A hacker advertised a database with 19 million records on a forum, referencing the same stolen information, before ANTS's public disclosure on April 20.