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French data protection regulator CNIL fined Free and Free Mobile €42 million for GDPR violations following an October 2024 breach affecting 24 million customers. Attackers accessed the network via VPN and exfiltrated data including IBANs. The companies violated GDPR by failing to implement basic security measures like robust VPN authentication and anomaly detection, inadequately notifying affected users, and lacking proper data retention and deletion mechanisms. The fines were based on Iliad Group's €10 billion turnover.

France fines telcos €42M for issues leading to 2024 breach