A massive data breach at France’s unemployment agency, France Travail, has exposed the personal information of a staggering 43 million individuals. This incident, the largest data breach in French history, affects anyone who registered with this agency (that is responsible for registering unemployed individuals and assisting them to find jobs) in the last 20 years. While the specific details of the stolen data remain unclear, the agency handles sensitive information like names, addresses, and potentially social security numbers. This raises significant concerns about identity theft and phishing attacks, where criminals use deceptive emails or messages to trick victims into revealing personal information. Due to this big data breach, it has been concerning millions of people in France as this affected more individuals than the Viamedis and Almerys breach in February.
