GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – June 2024

Introduction

In June 2024, several personal data breaches were reported to the CNIL, affecting various sectors of activity. These incidents highlighted the vulnerability of personal data and the importance of adequate protection.

Sectors concerned

The sectors most affected by data breaches are:
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 78 times
– Public administration: 76 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 60 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 55 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 48 times
– Human health and social action: 39 times
– Information and communication: 30 times
– Manufacturing industry: 27 times
– Teaching: 25 times
– Other service activities: 21 times
– Real estate activities: 16 times
– Construction: 9 times
– Transportation and storage: 9 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 7 times
– Accommodation and catering: 6 times
– Extra-territorial activities: 2 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 2 times
– Agriculture, forestry and fishing: 1 time
– Extractive industries: 1 time
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 465 times
– Loss of integrity: 79 times
– Loss of availability: 122 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 0 and 5 people: 145 times
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 110 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 102 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 81 times
– More than 5000 people: 75 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Marital status (eg: name: 388 times
– gender: 388 times
– date of birth: 388 times
– age...): 388 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 366 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 366 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 207 times
– password: 207 times
– customer number...): 207 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 191 times
– credit card number: 191 times
– bank details): 191 times
– economical: 191 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 73 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 105 times
– Official documents (Passports: 61 times
– ID: 61 times
– etc.): 61 times
– Location data: 35 times
– The breach concerns other data: 88 times
– Data relating to offenses: 14 times
– convictions: 14 times
– security measures: 14 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Hacking: 289 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 289 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 34 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 41 times
– Bad person data displayed on customer portal: 11 times
– Lost paper: 20 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 20 times
– Disposal of paper documents containing personal data without physical destruction: 2 times
– Other: 88 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 61 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 7 times
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 1 time
– Disposal of digital devices containing personal data without secure erasure: 1 time

Conclusion

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