SFR Confirms Data Breach Affecting Over 2 Million Customers
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SFR is a big phone and internet company in France. It has confirmed a cyberattack from July 2026.
The attack may have hit more than two million customers. These are people with fibre internet from SFR.
The hackers got personal information. This can include a person's address, email, or phone number.
A group called ZeroBytes says it did the attack. This group also says it attacked the French tax office and the Ministry of Education before.
SFR says both personal and technical data were affected. Personal data is information about a person. Technical data is information about how the service works.
This kind of attack is called a data breach. It means private information was taken without permission.
Companies must protect customer data. When there is a breach, they must tell people what happened.
Vocabulary15 words
- cyberattack
- an attack on a computer system
- fibre
- a type of fast internet connection
- hackers
- people who break into computer systems
- data
- information stored on a computer
- data breach
- when private information is stolen or leaked
- personal information
- facts about a person, like a name or address
- confirmed
- said that something is true
- affected
- changed or hurt by something
- customers
- people who buy from a company
- revealed
- made known
- group
- a number of people together
- telecom
- a company that provides phone or internet service
- protect
- keep safe
- permission
- when someone says you can do something
- attack
- an action to harm something
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Answer key
1. A telecom company 2. More than two million 3. True
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SFR is a big phone and internet company in France. It has confirmed a _____ from July 2026.
The attack may have hit more than two million _____. These are people with _____ internet from SFR.
The _____ got personal information. This can include a person's address, email, or phone number.
A group called ZeroBytes says it did the attack. This group also says it attacked the French tax office and the Ministry of Education before.
SFR says both personal and technical _____ were affected.
This kind of attack is called a _____. It means private information was taken without _____.
Companies must _____ customer data. When there is a breach, they must tell people what happened.