French Tax Authority DGFiP Suffers Data Breach Exposing 678,000 Citizens

Hackers breach the French tax authority and expose records of 678,000 citizens. An attacker accessed DGFiP systems to extract reference tax income, withholding rates, SIREN numbers, and property data. A threat actor listed the database on a hacking forum after accessing the central land registry platform. French authorities confirmed user accounts and passwords weren't compromised during the intrusion. The incident follows separate breaches this year affecting 43 million France Travail records and over 1.2 million FICOBA accounts. "As soon as these data breaches were identified, the French Public Finances Directorate (DGFIP) notified the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL)." — French Finance Ministry Centralized public registries will keep bleeding citizen records as long as internal access panels lack modern authentication controls to stop scraping from within.