French government agency admits data breach as hacker claims up to 19 million sensitive records stolen – breach may have exposed ‘data from individual and professional accounts’

• France Titres (ANTS) confirms cyber attack and theft of 19 million records offered on the dark web
• Stolen data includes names, contact details, birthdays, addresses, account metadata, gender and marital status
• Agency warns of phishing risks; investigation ongoing with law enforcement and cybersecurity experts, affected users already notified

France Titres (ANTS), the French government agency responsible for managing and issuing official identity and registration documents, confirmed it suffered a cyber attack and data theft after cybercriminals offered to sell the stolen files on the dark web.

Last Thursday, a threat actor with the alias ‘breach3d’ posted a new thread on a dark web forum offering to sell 19 million records. They claimed to have obtained them from France Titres and that they contain people’s names, contact details, birthday details, postal addresses, account metadata, gender details and marital status.