Breach date: 2023-07-06. Added to this index: 2025-05-22. Accounts affected: about 282K. Domain: ffr.fr.
What happened
In June 2023, the Fédération Francaise de Rugby (French Rugby Federation) suffered a data breach and attempted ransom. The breach exposed 282k unique email addresses along with names, dates of birth and phone numbers. The Federation subsequently published a disclosure notice and stated that the attack primarily affected email servers.
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What was exposed
Dates of birth: Your full birth date, day, month and year, collected at signup for age checks, identity verification, insurance quotes, birthday offers or government services.
Email addresses: The email address you used to register or log in. It is the most common field in breaches because it doubles as your username on most sites.
Names: Your first name, surname and sometimes middle name or initials, as you gave them when you signed up. It appears in almost every breach because nearly every account asks for it.
Phone numbers: Your mobile or landline number, collected at signup for contact, delivery updates, marketing and two-factor codes.
What to do now
Check whether your own address is in this dataset with the free email breach check.
Review the accounts connected to this service and turn on two-factor authentication.
Turn on two-factor authentication on your email account first, because it is the reset path for everything else.
Treat calls and messages that quote real details about you as hostile until you verify them another way.
Frequently asked questions
What data was leaked in the Fédération Francaise de Rugby breach?
The Fédération Francaise de Rugby breach exposed Dates of birth, Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers. About 282K accounts were affected.
Was I affected by the Fédération Francaise de Rugby breach?
Run the free email breach check with the address you used on that service. It will tell you whether your address appears in this dataset.
What should I do about the Fédération Francaise de Rugby breach?
Treat any message that quotes details from this breach as suspicious, turn on two-factor authentication, and consider removing your details from people-search sites if your address or phone was included.