France Probes Teenage Suspect in Massive ID Data Breach
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- Category: Asia
- Language: EN
- Published: 2026-04-30 10:27 UTC
- Sources: South China Morning Post
The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into a 15-year-old suspected of hacking the country's ID agency and trying to sell the data of millions of French people on the dark web.
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