A hacker using the name ChimeraZ claimed to have leaked a database of 905,097 records linking vehicle registration plates to names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers. This leak, along with a second database of two million plates mentioned by the hacker, has not been confirmed, and neither the SIV nor the ANTS is implicated. The same hacker also published or sold files attributed to La France insoumise and Renaissance, which deny any intrusion, but the French Communist Party confirmed a leak involving its members and sympathizers after an ANSSI alert. For crypto holders, combining a person’s identity, address, phone number and identifiable vehicle can facilitate surveillance, kidnapping and phishing campaigns, making additional security measures and vigilance against fraudulent messages essential.
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