
French Citizens
What Happened
In September 2024, over 90M rows of data on French Citizens was found left exposed in a publicly facing database. Compiled from various data breaches, the corpus contained 28M unique email addresses with the various source breaches each exposing different fields including name, physical and IP address, phone number and partial credit card data including payment type and last 4 digits.
Compromised Data
Recommended Actions
Monitor for Suspicious Activity
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Breach Overview
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Affected Accounts:
28.4 million
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Breach Occurred:
September 2024
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Added to HIBP:
20 Dec 2024
Recommended Actions
Change Your Password
If you haven't changed your French Citizens password since 2024, do so immediately.
Enable Two-Factor Authentication
Add an extra layer of security to your account.
Check Other Accounts
If you used the same password elsewhere, change those too.
Monitor for Suspicious Activity
Watch for unusual login attempts or messages from your account.