Gîtes de France data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the May 2026 breach of Gîtes de France. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Gîtes de France data breach exposed 117,574 accounts from gites-de-france.com in May 2026. The data taken includes names, physical addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and booking details.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 18 Oct 2026, 5 months later. It is the 568th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Gîtes de France’s breach included 5 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Physical addresses | Used to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Phone numbers | Expect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM. |
| Booking details | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Gîtes de France among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Gîtes de France.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
- Put a PIN on your phone account.Ask your mobile provider for a port-out PIN, so no one can move your number to their SIM.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 5 months later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Addi, March 2026, 35 million accounts
- McGraw Hill, April 2026, 14 million accounts
- CarGurus, February 2026, 12 million accounts
- Pitney Bowes, April 2026, 8.2 million accounts
- Odido, February 2026, 6.1 million accounts
- ADT, April 2026, 5.5 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Gîtes de France”, Have I Been Pwned, added 18 Oct 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- gites-de-france.com, Gîtes de France’s website