France’s National Agency for Secure Documents (ANTS) disclosed a security incident detected on April 15, 2026, that may have exposed personal and account data from the ants.gouv.fr portal. A threat actor using the moniker ‘breach3d’ claims to be selling up to 19 million records as ANTS notifies affected users and involves CNIL, ANSSI, and the Paris Public Prosecutor. #ANTS #breach3d
Keypoints
- ANTS detected a security incident on April 15, 2026, potentially affecting individual and professional accounts on ants.gouv.fr.
- The threat actor calling itself “breach3d” claims to be holding up to 19 million stolen records and has offered the data for sale.
- Potentially exposed data includes login IDs, full names, email addresses, dates of birth, unique account identifiers, and some addresses, places of birth, and phone numbers.
- ANTS states the exposed information does not permit portal access but warns it could enable phishing and social engineering, advising users to remain vigilant.
- ANTS has notified CNIL, the Paris Public Prosecutor, and ANSSI and is in the process of notifying identified impacted users while the investigation continues.