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French PM Lecornu caught in telecom data leak

Original: Lecornu victime d'une fuite du... Slip français. Le Premier ministre a été touché par le piratage d'une base de données

Le Canard Enchaîné reports that Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was among the victims of a 2024 hack of a customer database of the French telecom company Le Slip Français... more precisely, his mobile phone number is now circulating on the Darknet, along with those of 25 of the 36 members of the government, following a breach of a client database. The revelation has raised questions about data security and the exposure of senior officials' personal contact details.

Why now: A satirical investigative weekly revealed that the French Prime Minister and most government members had their phone numbers leaked online after a corporate database hack.

Sébastien LecornuLe Canard EnchaînéLe Slip FrançaisFrench government

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• Lecornu victime d'une fuite du... Slip français. Le Premier ministre a été touché par le piratage d'une base de données clients de l'entreprise en 2024, révèle Le Canard Enchaîné, son numéro de portable se balade désormais sur le Darknet, comme pour 25 des 36 membres du… · paul_denton · 9

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