Disclosure context

About stormous

Stormous is a relatively new ransomware group that emerged in March 2022, operating primarily with financial motivations and has claimed responsibility for attacks against at least 165 victims across multiple countries and sectors. The group's country of origin remains unclear from publicly documented sources, though their operational patterns suggest they may operate as an independent entity rather than a established ransomware-as-a-service model. Limited public documentation from major security firms indicates the group employs common ransomware tactics, though specific details about their initial access vectors, encryption methods, and data exfiltration practices have not been extensively detailed in reports from CISA, FBI, or major threat intelligence providers. Their targeting appears geographically diverse with a focus on Spain, the United States, France, UAE, and Brazil, while showing particular interest in technology, hospitality and tourism, government, and business services sectors, though many of their victims span unspecified industries. As of current reporting, Stormous appears to remain an active threat, though the limited public documentation suggests they operate as a lower-tier ransomware group compared to more prominent families that receive extensive coverage from major security research organizations. The group has been linked to 220 public disclosures across our corpus. First observed on a leak site on March 22, 2022; most recent post May 13, 2026. The operation is currently active.

Timeline of this disclosure

May 2, 2026FRANCE TRAVAIL DATA BREACH - 2025 listed by stormouson the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Public Sector sector, which has 259 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, FRANCE TRAVAIL DATA BREACH - 2025 is reported in FR, a country with 238 ransomware disclosures in our corpus.

How we know this. Darkfield monitors public ransomware leak sites continuously, archiving every new disclosure and the data later released against the victim. Each entry on this page is sourced from the operator's own publication and cross-checked against complementary OSINT feeds (RansomLook, ransomware.live, RansomWatch). We do not collect or host stolen data — only the metadata, timestamps and screenshots needed to make the public disclosure searchable and accountable. Records here are corrected when the original post is edited, retracted, or merged with another disclosure.

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FRANCE TRAVAIL DATA BREACH - 2025

Claimed by stormous · listed 19 days ago

18d

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
May 2, 2026
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: stormous
Status: Data leaked
Country: FR
Sector: Public Sector
Listed on leak site: May 2, 2026

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi) is the French public employment agency responsible for registering unemployed individuals, facilitating job placement, and administering unemployment benefits across France. It operates under the French government and serves millions of job seekers and employers nationwide. The agency maintains extensive personal and financial records on registered users.

Industry: Public Employment Services
Founded: 2024

Attack summary

Severity: critical — Confirmed exfiltration and publication of large-scale PII covering millions of French citizens, including regulated financial data (RIB/bank details), government identity documents (CNI), social security records, tax documents, and plaintext credentials — representing a multi-category regulated data breach affecting a national public agency.

The Stormous group claims to have exfiltrated a large volume of sensitive personal, financial, and employment-related data from France Travail, including authentication credentials, identity documents, banking details, and tax records. The data has been published, indicating confirmed exfiltration with no ransom demand stated.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Plaintext authentication credentials (usernames and passwords)
Full names
Dates of birth
Gender information
Physical addresses
Phone numbers
Email addresses
Employment history and professional skills
National identity card data (CNI)
Bank account details (RIB)
Employment contract types (CDD, CDI, temporary missions)
Tax documents
Social security attestations
Training certificates
Work authorization documents

What the group claims

Plaintext authentication credentials (usernames/passwords)-(full names, dates of birth, gender)-(addresses, phone numbers, emails)-Employment history and professional skills-CNI-RIB - CDD, CDI, temporary missions - Tax documents - Social security attestations - Training certificates - Work authorization documents and more....

Source

Indexed 19 days ago

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