Breach Database / Assurance Retraite
Yes — Assurance Retraite was breached.
- 70,372 accounts affected
- Breach occurred 2024-09-01 · lassuranceretraite.fr
- Verified entry in the Have I Been Pwned catalog
What happened
In September 2024, the French national pension fund Assurance Retraite suffered a data breach affecting approximately 370k assistance beneficiaries. The data included 70k unique email addresses along with names, dates of birth, physical addresses, phone numbers, income levels, marital statuses, French social security numbers (NIR) and contact details of relatives or other nominated contacts. In its disclosure notice, Assurance Retraite attributed the breach to a compromised partner account.
What data was exposed
- Dates of birth
- Email addresses
- Family members' names
- Government issued IDs
- Income levels
- Marital statuses
- Names
- Phone numbers
- Physical addresses
What to do right now
- Freeze your credit. A credit freeze at the major bureaus is free and blocks new accounts from being opened in your name.
- Be alert for smishing and SIM-swap attempts. Treat unexpected texts and "carrier" calls with suspicion; add a PIN/port-freeze with your mobile carrier.
- Watch for targeted phishing mail. A leaked home address makes postal and doorstep scams more convincing.
- Expect convincing phishing emails. Attackers use breached details to write personalized emails. Be suspicious of any message referencing this service.
- Check your other accounts on Have I Been Pwned. Your email address may appear in other breaches you don't know about yet.
- Monitor the apps you use going forward. Clearly watches the breach record for the companies behind your apps and alerts you the moment one appears.
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