Question 1

What is Stroople Signal's Data Breaches page?

Accepted Answer

It is a free tool that tracks data breaches affecting French organizations, aggregated automatically from public sources such as HaveIBeenPwned and FrenchBreaches.

Question 2

What does 'Claimed' mean for a data breach?

Accepted Answer

A breach marked as Claimed has been publicly announced by a threat actor on a cybercriminal forum but has not yet been independently confirmed.

Question 3

How is the severity level of a breach determined?

Accepted Answer

Severity is based solely on the type of data exposed, using a scale inspired by the CNIL and EBIOS RM impact scale, ranging from Negligible to Maximum.

Question 4

What does the 'confirmed by multiple sources' badge mean?

Accepted Answer

It appears when more than one independent source reports the same organization being breached, which increases confidence in the report.

Question 5

Are breach summaries the full original articles?

Accepted Answer

No, summaries are short factual excerpts limited to a few hundred characters, not full reproductions of the original source articles.

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