France Travail jobseeker data breach
Add to my breach checkMade public · 43,000,000 people, potentially
What leaked7
Hard to replace
- Mobile number
- Home or delivery address
- Email address
- Username
Permanent
- National ID or tax number
- Date of birth
- Full name
- National ID or tax numberFrench social security number
- Mobile numberphone numbers
- UsernameFrance Travail identifier
To-dos4 · about 50 min in all
- Know the scam pattern: calls and texts that cite these leaked detailsLimits harm from: scam calls, phishing messages
- Turn on instant transaction alertsHelps you notice: scam calls
- Remove your address and phone from public profiles and tighten SNS privacyLimits harm from: visits or contact at home
- Use an authenticator app or passkey instead of SMS codesLimits harm from: SMS code theft
What happened next12 events
- UndetectedNone on record
- Response 6 eventsNo individual notice on record · show events
- RemedyNone on record
- Penalty 5 eventsFine €5M · show events
- Disputes 1 eventOngoing · Back to latest
Disputes: 1 event
Back to latest- Three suspects arrested on 17 March were placed under formal investigation and in pre-trial detention · fraudulent system access, data extraction, fraud, money laundering, organised gang
- Company
- France Travail
- Made public
- Notice
- Leak confirmed
- Affected
- 43,000,000 people, potentially · registered with France Travail or Pôle emploi in the past 20 years, or holding a candidate account on francetravail.fr; France Travail notice
How the facts developed
- CNIL decision: the attackers accessed data on everyone registered or registered in the past 20 years and on candidate-account holders, but not the full jobseeker files that may contain health data
- France Travail announced that data on potentially 43 million people had been extracted using accounts of Cap emploi advisers; passwords and bank details not affected
Sources
- France Travail company notice (opens in a new tab)checked October 22, 2026
- CNIL regulator, (opens in a new tab)checked October 22, 2026
- CNIL regulator, (opens in a new tab)checked October 22, 2026