Gîtes de France data breach: 117K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2026-10-18
In May 2026, the French holiday rental network Gîtes de France suffered a data breach affecting some of its departmental branches. The incident exposed hundreds of thousands of customer records, including 118k unique email addresses alongside names, phone numbers, postal addresses and booking details. Exposed data: booking details, email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from May 16, 2026; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Oct 18, 2026.
What to do
- If you had a Gîtes de France 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.
Sources
All live incidents on Threat Watch