# French Health

HIPAA compliance history and incident intelligence

1
incident

### BREACH categories

May 29, 2026 – May 29, 2026
date range

**BREACH: French Health Payments Breach Exposed ID Data, Fuels Fraud Fears**  
Michel Gribouille reports: A major French health-care payments middleman says hackers broke into a key authorization portal and may have exposed sensitive personal data, including France’s equivalent of a Social Security number, setting off warnings about identity theft and scam attempts. Almerys, a company that helps process “third-party payment” transactions so patients don’t have to...

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