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

October 27, 2025www.francetravail.fr listed by Stormouson the group's public leak site

Sector and geography

This disclosure adds to ransomware activity in the Not Found sector, which has 4,859 disclosures indexed across all operators we track. Geographically, www.francetravail.fr is reported in France, a country with 472 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

listed as www.francetravail.fr · Claimed by Stormous · listed 7 months ago

Age

since listed · data leaked

Status timeline

Listed
Oct 27, 2025
Data leaked

At a glance

Group: Stormous
Status: Data leaked
Country: France
Sector: Not Found
Listed on leak site: Oct 27, 2025

About the victim

AI dossier — public-source company profile

France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) is the French public employment agency responsible for registering job seekers, paying unemployment benefits, and assisting with job placement across France. It operates under the authority of the French state and serves millions of job seekers and employers nationwide. The agency rebranded from Pôle emploi to France Travail in January 2024.

Industry: Public Employment Services
Address: 1-5 Avenue du Docteur Gley, 75987 Paris Cedex 20, France
Employees: 10000+
Founded: 2024

Attack summary

Severity: critical — The exfiltrated data includes highly regulated PII at national scale (a government employment agency serving millions), combined with banking details (RIB), national identity card numbers, tax records, social security documents, and plaintext credentials — representing a textbook critical disclosure of sensitive financial, identity, and government-held personal data.

The Stormous group claims to have exfiltrated a broad range of highly sensitive personal and financial data from France Travail, including authentication credentials, full PII, banking identity records (RIB), tax documents, social security attestations, and work authorization documents spanning multiple years. The disclosed status indicates data has been published.

critical

Data the group says was taken

AI dossier — extracted from the leak post

Plaintext usernames and passwords
Full names
Dates of birth
Gender information
Home addresses
Phone numbers
Email addresses
Employment history and professional skills
National identity card numbers (CNI)
Bank account details (RIB – Relevé d'Identité Bancaire)
Employment contract types (CDD, CDI, temporary missions)
Tax documents (Avis d'imposition)
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 - Relevé d'Identité Bancair - CDD, CDI, temporary missions - spanning multiple years - Tax documents (Avis d'imposition) - Social security attestations - Training certificates - Work authorization documents and more ....

Sources

Source

Indexed 7 months ago

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