Pass'Sport data breach: 6.4M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2026-01-18
In December 2025, data from France's Pass'Sport program was posted to a popular hacking forum. Initially misattributed to CAF (the French family allowance fund), the data contained 6.5M unique email addresses affecting 3.5M households. The data also included names, phone numbers, genders and physical addresses. The Ministry of Sports subsequently released a statement acknowledging the incident. Exposed data: email addresses, genders, names, phone numbers, physical addresses. The breach dates from Dec 17, 2025; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 18, 2026.
What to do
- If you had a Pass'Sport 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
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