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France's tax authority had data stolen on 680k taxpayers

Hacker News Friday 14 August 2026, 13:18 UTC By rzk 1 min read
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Article URL: https://korben.info/en/france-tax-authority-data-breach-680000-taxpayers.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298303 Points: 29 # Comments: 9

Article URL: https://korben.info/en/france-tax-authority-data-breach-680000-taxpayers.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49298303

Points: 29

# Comments: 9

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