This is still unconfirmed at the moment but there are reports of a huge data breach of ANEF data… Allegedly 1GB of data was exfiltrated, amounting to approx 2.1 million rows of data.
This could potentially concern most (if not all) of us here, so just wanted to make people aware.
Some more info (in French) here…
And another link, with a bit of info on the type of data stolen…
Dreadful!
I don’t know if it will impact on the 10yr WA CdD we are supposed to collect from the Préfécture tomorrow morning but I hope their already in the tray.
Would WA CdS info have been put into ANEF? If so, we’ll all have to be very wary about any and all contacts from here on.
‘Hackers were able to infiltrate the systems and "access a number of files important to us, including the TAJ [criminal records database] " and the "wanted persons file ," confirmed Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez on franceinfo, Wednesday, December 17.’
Hope you and husband aren’t on either of those data bases(!) and that all goes smoothly at the prefecture.
“Although the samples analysed show prefectural decisions dated up to 2023 and 2024, the size of the database (2.1 million lines) suggests that the vulnerability could cover much more recent cases, potentially extending to the end of 2025.”