Record breach of French government exposes up to 43 million people's data

A major data breach at France Travail allegedly exposed personal identification data for up to 43 million people (names, dates of birth, social security numbers, France Travail identifiers, emails, postal addresses, and phone numbers) for records stretching back 20 years. The incident occurred between Feb 6 and Mar 5, is being investigated by the Paris Cybercrime Brigade, and may involve social engineering; France Travail says passwords and banking details were not affected and will notify impacted individuals.