France
France Infostealer Threat Report — October 2026
10/01/2026 – 10/31/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: ACREED (12.3% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Telecommunications. Leaked accounts fell by 54.7% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in France5,791
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodOct 1, 2026 - Oct 31, 2026
Risk score
23-35vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 5,791
- Android devices
- 2,199
- Domains
- 60,993
- Employee accounts
- 3,744
- Customer accounts
- 451,424
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1ACREED711
- 2VIDAR490
- 3REMUS240
- 4STEALC167
- 5LUMMAC127
- 6REDLINE104
- 7MACSYNC STEALER59
- 8ELYSIUM STEALER37
- 9AURA STEALER24
- 10GHOSTBUSTERS STEALER17
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender403
- 2Malwarebytes7
- 3Avast4
- 4Norton Security4
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Telecommunications9organizations5.7Krecords–Ransomware victims445employee accounts
- 2Retail and e-commerce13organizations57.7Krecords5Ransomware victims193employee accounts
- 3Technology36organizations94.5Krecords3Ransomware victims141employee accounts
- 4Education35organizations14.4Krecords–Ransomware victims93employee accounts
- 5Government12organizations33.9Krecords1Ransomware victims20employee accounts
- 6Media7organizations28.2Krecords–Ransomware victims13employee accounts
- 7Gaming and betting5organizations16.4Krecords–Ransomware victims11employee accounts
- 8Entertainment and lifestyle3organizations4.2Krecords–Ransomware victims11employee accounts
- 9Manufacturing and industry4organizations4.8Krecords2Ransomware victims10employee accounts
- 10Nonprofit7organizations4.9Krecords–Ransomware victims9employee accounts
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Report contents
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