GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – May 2024

Introduction

In May 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: 79 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 57 times
– Human health and social action: 49 times
– Public administration: 47 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 41 times
– Information and communication: 22 times
– Manufacturing industry: 17 times
– Teaching: 17 times
– Other service activities: 16 times
– Real estate activities: 15 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 12 times
– Construction: 10 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 8 times
– Transportation and storage: 7 times
– Accommodation and catering: 4 times
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 3 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 2 times

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 385 times
– Loss of availability: 71 times
– Loss of integrity: 54 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 0 and 5 people: 138 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 80 times
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 76 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 70 times
– More than 5000 people: 42 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 38 times
– Marital status (eg: name: 273 times
– gender: 273 times
– date of birth: 273 times
– age...): 273 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 269 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 269 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 170 times
– password: 170 times
– customer number...): 170 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 138 times
– credit card number: 138 times
– bank details): 138 times
– economical: 138 times
– The breach concerns other data: 79 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 41 times
– Location data: 33 times
– Official documents (Passports: 49 times
– ID: 49 times
– etc.): 49 times
– Data relating to offenses: 6 times
– convictions: 6 times
– security measures: 6 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Hacking: 205 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 205 times
– Other: 95 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 50 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 35 times
– Lost paper: 12 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 12 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 30 times
– Bad person data displayed on customer portal: 10 times
– Disposal of digital devices containing personal data without secure erasure: 2 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 1 time

Conclusion

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