Biocoop
ModerateReportedRetail
An individual using the alias Venus1337 claims to have breached the extranet of the French organic grocery chain Biocoop and is distributing a leak of roughly 2.76 GB of internal data. The claimed dataset covers close to 6,900 individuals, mainly employees, store managers and head-office staff. Exposed fields reportedly include names, job titles, email addresses, phone numbers, internal and login identifiers, and non-reversible password hashes; no customer data or banking details were reported. Biocoop had not publicly confirmed the incident at the time of writing.
The exposed login identifiers and password hashes could facilitate unauthorized access attempts to internal accounts or targeted phishing campaigns against network staff.
- Disclosed on
- September 20, 2026
- Accounts affected
- 6,900
- Sector
- Retail
- Country
- France
- Cause
- Misconfigured database
Exposed data
- Full name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Customer ID
- Connection data (IP, logs)
- Employment data
- Password (hashed)
You are only affected if you had an account or an order with this organisation.
What you can do
- Change that password — and everywhere you reused it. That is how a leak spreads to your other accounts.
- Turn on two-factor authentication on the affected accounts: a stolen password is then no longer enough.
- Expect phishing attempts quoting your name and this company. A message that knows your details is not legitimate for that reason.
- You can ask the organisation exactly what was exposed about you (right of access), and complain to the DPA if no answer comes within a month.
Sources
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