France
France Infostealer Threat Report — March 2026
03/01/2026 – 03/31/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: PUREV4 (54.4% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Telecommunications. Leaked accounts rose by 41.9% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in France14,444
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodMar 1, 2026 - Mar 31, 2026
Risk score
71+29vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 14,444
- Android devices
- 7,215
- Domains
- 71,231
- Employee accounts
- 4,416
- Customer accounts
- 598,036
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1PUREV47,850
- 2VIDAR1,996
- 3REDLINE1,612
- 4ARKEI569
- 5STEALC563
- 6LUMMAC306
- 7SHAPESHIFTER185
- 8XFILES97
- 9SHUB STEALER83
- 10KATZ STEALER71
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender1,922
- 2Reason Cybersecurity7
- 3Norton 3601
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Telecommunications8organizations7.2Krecords–Ransomware victims603employee accounts
- 2Education59organizations19.4Krecords1Ransomware victims227employee accounts
- 3Technology54organizations133.8Krecords7Ransomware victims195employee accounts
- 4Government19organizations42.1Krecords2Ransomware victims96employee accounts
- 5Retail and e-commerce19organizations71.5Krecords5Ransomware victims41employee accounts
- 6Manufacturing and industry9organizations5.4Krecords10Ransomware victims28employee accounts
- 7Finance8organizations20.3Krecords–Ransomware victims17employee accounts
- 8Gaming and betting7organizations28.7Krecords–Ransomware victims15employee accounts
- 9Travel and hospitality4organizations10.6Krecords3Ransomware victims14employee accounts
- 10Logistics and transport4organizations7.2Krecords2Ransomware victims11employee accounts
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