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France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs

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Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
75/100

Date Published: 2026-04-22

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

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The French national identity document agency ANTS experienced a data breach announced April 20 after detecting an attack on April 15; stolen personal data (names, birth details, contact information) may affect millions of citizens and a hacker has claimed a 19 million‑record database for sale on a hacking forum. ANTS is investigating the incident and notifying affected individuals.

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