France's Interior Ministry confirmed a breach of its National Agency for Secure Titles (ants.gouv.fr), which manages passports, ID cards, driver's licenses, and vehicle registrations. Threat actors claiming the aliases "breach3d" and "ExtaseHunters" publicly claimed to have stolen 18-19 million records, potentially affecting roughly one-third of France's population. Exposed data includes names, emails, birthdates, postal addresses, and phone numbers.
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France's 'Secure' ID agency probes breach as crooks claim 19M records
French identity agency ANTS exposed 19M citizens' personal records—names, birthdates, addresses—comprising roughly one-third of France's population to threat actors.
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The RegisterBY sys://pipeline
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ANTS, France's ID management agency, confirms 19 million citizens' identity records were stolen and advertised on hacking forums—exposing names, birthdates, and contact info before official disclosure.