French Citizens
MEDIUM RISKData breach — September 2024
In September 2024, over 90M rows of data on French Citizens was found left exposed in a publicly facing database. Compiled from various data breaches, the corpus contained 28M unique email addresses with the various source breaches each exposing different fields including name, physical and IP address, phone number and partial credit card data including payment type and last 4 digits.
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What happened in the French Citizens data breach?
In September 2024, over 90M rows of data on French Citizens was found left exposed in a publicly facing database. Compiled from various data breaches, the corpus contained 28M unique email addresses with the various source breaches each exposing different fields including name, physical and IP address, phone number and partial credit card data including payment type and last 4 digits.
The exposed data included 7 types of personal information. Learn more about what a data breach means for you.
Quick answer — was French Citizens hacked?
Yes. French Citizens was breached in September 2024. The breach exposed 28,445,106 records including device information, email addresses, ip addresses. This breach has been independently verified. If your email was involved, your data may still be at risk today. Check if you were affected.
Why was the French Citizens breach so dangerous?
The French Citizens breach exposed 28,445,106 records — that is 28.4M people whose personal data is now circulating on the dark web. The combination of device information, email addresses, ip addresses makes this a medium-risk breach that should be addressed promptly.
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What data was stolen in the French Citizens breach?
Device information — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Email addresses — used for phishing attacks and credential stuffing against your other accounts
IP addresses — combined with other data, used for identity theft and physical fraud
Names — used to build profiles and target you with personalised scams
Partial credit card data — can be used for direct financial fraud and unauthorised transactions
Phone numbers — enables SIM swapping attacks and targeted SMS phishing scams
Physical addresses — combined with other data, used for identity theft and physical fraud
Is the French Citizens breach still dangerous in 2026?
Yes. Stolen data from the French Citizens breach remains dangerous years after the incident. Research shows that over 65% of stolen credentials from older breaches have never been changed by the account holders. Attackers routinely compile data from multiple breaches to build complete profiles, and credentials from 2024 are still actively used in credential stuffing attacks today.
Personal information like email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth never expire. Even if you changed your French Citizens password, the other exposed data can be combined with information from other breaches to target you. Learn more about how long stolen data stays dangerous.
Frequently asked about the French Citizens breach
Approximately 28,445,106 user records were exposed in the French Citizens breach in September 2024.
Yes. Leaked credentials are actively used in credential stuffing attacks years after a breach. If you reused your French Citizens password elsewhere and haven't changed it, those accounts remain at risk today.
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Change your French Citizens password immediately, change any other account where you used the same password, enable two-factor authentication on all important accounts, and monitor for phishing emails over the next 90 days.
Who was affected by the French Citizens breach?
The French Citizens data breach affected approximately 28,445,106 users who had accounts with the service. With 28.4M records exposed, this is one of the larger breaches tracked in our database of 970+ known breaches.
If you ever created an account with French Citizens or used their services, your data may have been included in this breach. Check your email now to find out. You can also read our guide on what to do immediately after a data breach.
If your email was in the French Citizens breach
Change your French Citizens password immediately
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Change any account sharing that password
If you used the same password on other sites, change it on every one of them. Attackers test stolen credentials on hundreds of popular sites within hours.
Enable two-factor authentication
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