Fédération Francaise de Rugby Data Breach

What happened

In June 2023, the Fédération Francaise de Rugby (French Rugby Federation) suffered a data breach and attempted ransom. The breach exposed 282k unique email addresses along with names, dates of birth and phone numbers. The Federation subsequently published a disclosure notice and stated that the attack primarily affected email servers.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Fédération Francaise de Rugby — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
• Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.