France's National Agency for Secure Titles (ANTS) is investigating a security incident affecting its ants.gouv.fr portal, detected on April 15. Officials confirmed potential exposure of personal data including names, emails, dates of birth, postal addresses, and phone numbers. A threat actor using aliases 'breach3d' and 'ExtaseHunters' is claiming to have stolen 18–19 million records — roughly a third of France's population — and is actively selling the data on criminal forums. The government has not confirmed the scale of the breach, and the attack vector remains unknown. The incident is part of a broader pattern of French public-sector breaches, including a recent intrusion into the Education Ministry and exposure of 1.2 million bank account records.
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