Identity Fabric

Executive Summary In April 2026, a cyberattack on France's national identity agency, the Agence nationale des titres sécurisés (ANTS), exposed up to 19 million identity-linked records — names, email addresses, birthdates, home addresses, and data tied directly to passports, national ID cards, and driver's licenses. Roughly one-third of the French population had their sovereign identity permanently compromised in a single event. This is not an anomaly. It is a structural proof