France faces a real explosion of data leaks. More than 11 million accounts were compromised in just three months. The hexagon thus broke a sad record, ahead of the United States.
Surfshark has just given us a new assessment of data leaks In France. This new panorama concerns cyber attacks that occurred during the second quarter of the year. Between April and June 2025, 11.4 million French accounts were hacked, indicates Surfshark, who looked at “29,000 databases accessible to the public”.
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432 % more trimester data leaks, it is the massacre
It is much more than in the first quarter, which was rather marked by a slowdown in security incidents in France with 2.1 million compromised accounts. Between the first and second quarter, the number of data leaks in France therefore has climbed by 432 %. Clearly, a user account belonging to a Frenchman is hacked every second.
In this context, France is placed at The second position of the most hacked countries In the world, just behind the United States. On the other hand, France becomes the country “With the highest density of leaks”. There are 172 leaks of personal data for 1,000 inhabitants.
The explosion of leaks in France is attributed to the publication of a handful of compromised directories, in particular those concerning Users of the Boulanger brand and the Ornikar carpooling platform. These leaks, which occurred several months earlier, ended up being in public databases. This is why they are only listed now by surfhark researchers.
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94 million hacked accounts worldwide in three months
Note that the number of leaks has also progressed worldwide. The French situation is not at all exceptional. In the world, we count 94 million compromised accounts In a quarter, 34 % more in three months. Nowadays, “We must all share more and more personal information to perform daily tasks”, Explains Maud Lepetit, the France manager of Surfshark, at 01net.
“Whether it is to share your name and address for delivery or phone number to make an appointment with the hairdresser, there is no guarantee that companies properly protect this sensitive data”adds the manager, adding that between “In bad hands, this information can be used to make an identity theft, targeted scams on social networks or even be sold on the Dark Web, where they are exchanged for illegal purposes ». This is why it is important to adopt good reflexes, for example by choosing a good password and activating the double authentication.
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