France
France Infostealer Threat Report — September 2026
09/01/2026 – 09/30/2026
Threat summary
Key figures from the month's threat activity.
Overview
Most common malware family: ACREED (29.3% of infections). Sector with the most employee account leaks: Telecommunications. Leaked accounts rose by 16.6% compared with the previous month.
Ransomware victims in France11,851
infected devices · from 10 families
Report periodSep 1, 2026 - Sep 30, 2026
Risk score
58+14vs previous month
- Infected devices
- 11,851
- Android devices
- 4,688
- Domains
- 103,799
- Employee accounts
- 8,194
- Customer accounts
- 996,598
- Families
- 10
Top 10 malware families
infections- 1ACREED3,476
- 2PUREV42,835
- 3VIDAR1,200
- 4REMUS841
- 5LUMMAC445
- 6STEALC418
- 7REDLINE106
- 8SHAPESHIFTER56
- 9ELYSIUM STEALER56
- 10MACSYNC STEALER41
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Top 10 antivirus
infected devices- 1Windows Defender1,159
- 2Avast19
- 3Reason Cybersecurity15
- 4Malwarebytes14
Breakdown of leaks
Breakdown by sector, file type and critical system.
Employee accounts by sector
organizationsrecordsRansomware victimsemployee accounts- 1Telecommunications7organizations12.4Krecords–Ransomware victims1,037employee accounts
- 2Education73organizations30.3Krecords–Ransomware victims362employee accounts
- 3Technology72organizations210.8Krecords1Ransomware victims270employee accounts
- 4Government26organizations69.7Krecords1Ransomware victims86employee accounts
- 5Nonprofit18organizations10.7Krecords–Ransomware victims75employee accounts
- 6Manufacturing and industry19organizations10.7Krecords3Ransomware victims55employee accounts
- 7Retail and e-commerce21organizations132.6Krecords–Ransomware victims40employee accounts
- 8Media15organizations62.6Krecords–Ransomware victims26employee accounts
- 9Gaming and betting9organizations42.2Krecords–Ransomware victims25employee accounts
- 10Logistics and transport8organizations14.9Krecords–Ransomware victims22employee accounts
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Report contents
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