On October 27, 2025, the French public employment agency www.francetravail.fr appeared on the leak site of the ransomware group Stormous. Internal files containing plaintext authentication credentials, full names, dates of birth, gender, home addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, employment history, professional skills, French national identity card data (CNI), bank account details (RIB), tax documents, social security attestations, training certificates, work contracts (CDD, CDI), and work authorization records were allegedly exfiltrated.
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What Public Reporting Shows
Public reporting indicates the data spans multiple years and covers current and former users of the national job-seeker platform. The volume of records and exact number of affected individuals remain unconfirmed by the agency at the time of writing. The files include sensitive employment and financial documents that many French residents would expect to remain private.
Plaintext usernames and passwords were listed alongside personal identifiers, creating immediate risks of account takeover on other services. Tax documents (Avis d’imposition), social security records, and banking coordinates (RIB) were also present, along with identity documents and long-term employment files.
Why This Matters for You and Your Family
If you have ever registered with France Travail — formerly Pôle Emploi — your name, address, date of birth, phone number, email, and banking details may now sit in a publicly accessible ransomware leak. These records can be used to impersonate you with banks, tax authorities, or employers. For families, a single breach can expose both parents’ employment histories and children’s indirect identifiers when addresses or phone numbers are shared.