Cyberattack at French identity document agency may have exposed personal data

A cyberattack on the French National Agency for Secure Documents (ANTS) website detected on April 15 may have exposed personal information from individual and professional accounts. Officials say exposed fields may include login credentials, names, email addresses, dates of birth, unique account identifiers and contact details, and they have launched an investigation while implementing additional security measures; the incident follows other breaches such as those involving ÉduConnect and the National Bank Accounts File. #ANTS #EduConnect

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The ANTS portal suffered a security incident on April 15 that may have disclosed user data.
Potentially exposed data includes login credentials, names, email addresses, dates of birth and unique account identifiers.
Additional contact details such as postal addresses, places of birth and phone numbers may also be affected.
Uploaded documents were reportedly not accessed and the ministry says leaked data cannot be used to access ANTS accounts.
Authorities have launched an investigation and implemented extra security measures amid a wave of recent breaches including ÉduConnect and the National Bank Accounts File.