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Cyberattack shuts down refrigerators at French supermarkets

Oct 12, 2026 // 18:36

Attackers remotely defrosted refrigerators at multiple French supermarket chains overnight in a cyberattack that reportedly targeted Danfoss refrigeration controllers. Victims include Intermarché, Coopérative U, Carrefour […]

French Tax Data Theft Using Stolen Staff Passwords Went Undetected for Seven Weeks

Sep 29, 2026 // 20:50

An attacker used stolen passwords of staff at France’s tax administration to take tax data on hundreds of thousands of taxpayers and businesses in June […]

French hospital fined €500,000 after breach exposes data of 727,000

Sep 4, 2026 // 01:17

France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Hôpital privé de la Loire €500,000 ($580,000) for failing to adequately protect patients’ and their relatives’ data. The […]

French tax authority data breach affects 678,000 individuals

Aug 17, 2026 // 14:58

The French Ministry of the Economy and Finance has disclosed a data breach after an attacker accessed the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) systems […]

Over 73,000 French govt employees affected in Tchap messenger breach

Jun 12, 2026 // 10:37

The French government revealed that a recent breach of its Tchap encrypted messaging platform affects the accounts of over 73,000 employees in the French public sector. DINUM, […]

French govt messaging service breached in account hijacking attack

Jun 9, 2026 // 14:17

DINUM, the digital affairs directorate of the French government, warned that hackers used a hijacked user account to breach Tchap, the French government’s encrypted messaging platform. […]

15-year-old detained over French govt agency data breach

May 1, 2026 // 21:18

French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of selling data stolen in a cyberattack on France Titres (ANTS), the country’s agency for issuing and managing […]

French govt agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data

Apr 22, 2026 // 00:56

France Titres, the government agency in France for issuing and managince administrative documents has disclosed a data breach after a threat actor claimed the attack and stealing […]

Registry data breach exposes 1.2 million French bank accounts

Feb 20, 2026 // 11:00

On February 18, 2026, the French Ministry of Economy and Finance disclosed that a malicious actor illegally accessed the national bank account registry, FICOBA, exposing sensitive data […]