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France's tax office admits hackers walked off with data on 678,000 people
A criminal listed the stolen database for sale on a hacking forum in August. The French finance ministry now says property records and tax figures were among the files taken.

European Workers Trust Their Collaboration Tools. The Numbers Tell a Different Story.
A new survey finds that most IT leaders in the UK, France, and Germany feel confident about how securely their teams share information at work. But the same survey shows files staying open too long, consumer apps slipping in through the back door, and fewer than a third of organisations using a secure channel for outside partners.

Threat Actor 'Misere' Claims Breach of French Government Messaging Platform Tchap
Around 73,000 sovereign-platform accounts may be compromised. Attribution remains unclear, and the actor is not yet tied to a known cluster.

Tchap Account Takeover Exposes 73,000 French Government Users
France's sovereign messaging platform wasn't broken — a user was. Social engineering got an attacker inside, and unencrypted public rooms did the rest.