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Cybersecurity153 million identity documents for sale, and not one stolen from a careless userA criminal service put the licence scans of 153 million Americans and Canadians up for sale this week. Not one of those documents came out of a phishing campaign: they were produced by routine checks, required by professionals, in situations where everyone did what they were asked. The theft comes at the end of this story, and everyone is looking at the end.
PoliticsCybersecurity must not become an election issueThe summer of 2026 gave France a glimpse of what a digitised administration produces when it is not secured. The political year is opening, the presidential campaign is starting, and cybersecurity is finally going to find its place in public debate. That is exactly what worries me.
Artificial Intelligence« You should get some rest »A tool I pay for ended a work conversation because I had reminded it what it was. There was no sensitive request and no limit reached, only a piece of software that judged the exchange had gone on long enough. What occupied me afterwards was how long it took me to find that abnormal.
CybersecurityA week of data breaches in France: the file nobody wantedBetween 15 and 22 August 2026, some thirty disclosed incidents assembled a file on French citizens that no authority would have approved. Why it is happening, why now, and what to fear next.
CybersecurityFrance's tax authority knew in late June. You found out on 13 AugustIn February, the French tax authority had 1.2 million records stolen from FICOBA, the national register of French bank accounts, using one officer's credentials. In late June, it had 678,000 tax files stolen using one officer's credentials. In between, the Prime Minister announced 200 million euros for the state's cybersecurity.
CybersecurityThe threat that has never claimed a victim, and comes back on the evening news every summerOn 6 August, BFMTV explained why you should beware of public USB ports. The technique exists, it works, it is even formidable in the hands of a targeted attacker. On an airport charging station, in fifteen years, nobody has ever documented a single case.