Free data breach: 13.9M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2025-05-27
In October 2024, French ISP "Free" suffered a data breach which was subsequently posted for sale and later, leaked publicly. The data included 14M unique email addresses along with names, physical addresses, phone numbers, genders, dates of birth and for many records, IBAN bank account numbers. Free advised that the numbers were "not enough to make a direct debit from a bank". Exposed data: bank account numbers, dates of birth, genders, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Oct 17, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on May 27, 2025.
What to do
- If you had a Free account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
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