Cyberattacks hit European grocers: French supermarket freezers hijacked, Dutch and Belgian stores disrupted
European food retailers have been affected by two separate disruptive cyberattacks: In France, several supermarket chains have had their fridges and freezers tampered with and …
Authorities seize sites selling hacked, stolen intimate images of 17,000 women and girls
The FBI and French law enforcement have seized two websites that sold hacked and stolen sexually explicit images and videos of young women and girls, and arrested their …
France’s tax authority admits hackers made off with data on 678,000 individuals
France’s tax authority has disclosed a data breach after an attacker accessed the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) systems, saying the intrusion exposed …
French government messaging platform breached through account hijacking
French authorities are investigating a compromise of Tchap, the government’s secure messaging platform, after hackers hijacked a user account and gained access to public …
15-year-old detained over massive data breach at French government agency
French authorities have detained a 15-year-old suspected of involvement in a data breach at France Titres, the government agency responsible for issuing official documents. …
Hacker with a special interest in breaching sports institutions ends behind bars
French police have arrested a suspected hacker linked to a series of data breaches affecting organizations in the country. Citing authorities, Le Parisien reported that the …
Cyberattack on French government agency triggers phishing alert
France Titres, a French government agency, has disclosed a data breach that may have exposed user data from its online portal. France Titres, also known as the Agence …
Data on 1.2 million French bank accounts accessed in registry breach
In late January 2026, a malicious intruder accessed France’s national bank account registry, FICOBA, enabling them to view information tied to 1.2 million accounts, the …
France Travail fined €5 million for failing to protect job seeker data
France data protection authority CNIL has fined public employment agency France Travail €5 million for failing to ensure the security of personal data of job seekers. …
French government abandons Zoom and Microsoft Teams over security concerns
France intends to phase out non-European videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams from its public administration, opting instead for a nationally developed …
Property renters targeted in simple BEC scam
Emails purportedly sent by rental property management firms are being used to steal money from people in France and Canada, Proofpoint researchers have warned. A BEC scam …
Police takes down Matrix encrypted chat service used by criminals
A joint investigation team involving French and Dutch authorities has taken down Matrix, yet another end-to-end encrypted chat service created for criminals. Matrix (Source: …
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