France
France Infostealer Threat Report — April 2026
04/01/2026 – 04/30/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: PUREV4 (48.6% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Telecommunications. Leaked accounts fell by 18.2% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in France10,809
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodApr 1, 2026 - Apr 30, 2026
Risk score
41-30vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 10,809
- Android devices
- 5,682
- Domains
- 57,951
- Employee accounts
- 3,431
- Customer accounts
- 489,524
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1PUREV45,250
- 2VIDAR1,785
- 3STEALC825
- 4REDLINE814
- 5ARKEI365
- 6REMUS346
- 7ELYSIUM STEALER179
- 8SHAPESHIFTER155
- 9LUMMAC127
- 10SHUB STEALER38
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender2,041
- 2Reason Cybersecurity16
- 3Malwarebytes5
- 4Norton 360 for Gamers2
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Telecommunications7organizations5.8Krecords–Ransomware victims379employee accounts
- 2Technology47organizations110.7Krecords4Ransomware victims218employee accounts
- 3Education55organizations15.4Krecords1Ransomware victims170employee accounts
- 4Government16organizations34.9Krecords–Ransomware victims57employee accounts
- 5Manufacturing and industry13organizations4.4Krecords4Ransomware victims50employee accounts
- 6Retail and e-commerce8organizations58.9Krecords1Ransomware victims17employee accounts
- 7Finance6organizations16.0Krecords–Ransomware victims15employee accounts
- 8Travel and hospitality8organizations8.7Krecords3Ransomware victims15employee accounts
- 9Nonprofit6organizations4.7Krecords–Ransomware victims15employee accounts
- 10Gaming and betting5organizations23.7Krecords–Ransomware victims11employee accounts
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