GDPR: CNIL report on data breaches – October 2022

Introduction

In 2022-10, 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:
– Public administration: 56 times
– Financial and insurance activities: 37 times
– Specialized, scientific and technical activities: 34 times
– Information and communication: 32 times
– Trade; repair of automobiles and motorcycles: 31 times
– Human health and social action: 28 times
– Teaching: 15 times
– Manufacturing industry: 15 times
– Other service activities: 14 times
– Administrative and support services activities: 13 times
– Construction: 6 times
– Real estate activities: 5 times
– Arts, entertainment and recreational activities: 4 times
– Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning: 2 times
– Water production and distribution; sanitation, waste management and depollution: 2 times
– Transportation and storage: 2 times
– Accommodation and catering: 1 time
– Agriculture, forestry and fishing: 1 time
– Extra-territorial activities: 1 time

Nature of violations

The types of violations encountered this month are:
– Loss of privacy: 276 times
– Loss of integrity: 56 times
– Loss of availability: 80 times

Number of people impacted

The number of people affected by these incidents is distributed as follows:
– Between 0 and 5 people: 88 times
– Between 301 and 5000 people: 63 times
– Between 51 and 300 people: 53 times
– Between 6 and 50 people: 53 times
– More than 5000 people: 42 times

Typologies of impacted data

The data typologies affected by the breaches are:
– Marital status (eg: name: 212 times
– gender: 212 times
– date of birth: 212 times
– age...): 212 times
– NIR (Directory Registration Number): 47 times
– Contact details (e.g. postal or email address: 211 times
– landline or mobile phone numbers...): 211 times
– Identification or access data (e.g. identifier: 91 times
– password: 91 times
– customer number...): 91 times
– Data relating to financial information (e.g. income: 107 times
– credit card number: 107 times
– bank details): 107 times
– economical: 107 times
– Official documents (Passports: 42 times
– ID: 42 times
– etc.): 42 times
– The breach concerns other data: 61 times
– The data concerned is not known at the moment: 30 times
– Data relating to offenses: 11 times
– convictions: 11 times
– security measures: 11 times
– Location data: 17 times

Origins of incidents

The main causes of these violations are:
– Hacking: 141 times
– malware (e.g. ransomware) and/or phishing: 141 times
– Mail lost or opened before being returned to sender: 2 times
– Equipment lost or stolen: 29 times
– Lost paper: 10 times
– stolen or left accessible in an unsecured location: 10 times
– Unvoluntary publication of information: 34 times
– Other: 55 times
– Personal data sent to the wrong recipient: 44 times
– Personal information disclosed verbally: 4 times
– Bad person data displayed on customer portal: 11 times
– Disposal of digital devices containing personal data without secure erasure: 1 time
– Disposal of paper documents containing personal data without physical destruction: 1 time

Conclusion

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Data on notifications to the CNIL.