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France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens' IDs | TechCrunch

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In Brief Posted: 12:34 PM PDT · April 22, 2026 Image Credits:Bastien Ohier / Hans Lucas / AFP / Getty Images Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs The French government agency that handles the issuing and management of citizens’ identity documents, including national IDs, passports, and immigration documents, confirmed Wednesday that it experienced a data breach. In an announcement, the Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés (ANTS) said the data stolen in the breach could include full names, dates and places of birth, mailing and email addresses, and phone numbers on an undisclosed number of citizens. ANTS said the investigation to determine how the breach happened and its impact is ongoing, and people whose data was affected are being notified. ANTS, which said it detected the attack on April 15, did not specify how many people were affected by the breach. But some reporting suggests millions may have had some of their personal information stolen. According to Bleeping Computer, a hacker has advertised the stolen data on a hacking forum, claiming to have a database with 19 million records. The hacker’s forum post referenced the same kind of stolen information as mentioned in ANTS’ announcement and was published before ANTS publicly disclosed the breach on April 20. Topics Ants, cybercrime, cybersecurity, France, hackers, hacking, In Brief, Security Related Security Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 49 minutes ago Security Cosmetics giant Rituals confirms data breach of customer membership records Zack Whittaker 4 hours ago Security Ransomware negotiator pleads guilty to helping ransomware gang Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 1 day ago Latest in Security In Brief France confirms data breach at government agency that manages citizens’ IDs Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 28 minutes ago Security Apple fixes bug that cops used to extract deleted chat messages from iPhones Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 49 minutes ago Security Cosmetics giant Rituals confirms data breach of customer membership records Zack Whittaker 4 hours ago
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