The Paris prosecutor’s office charged an 18-year-old and sent him to jail, suspected of taking part in the theft of data from the French tax administration (DGFiP), in a file tied to the ZeroBytes group. BFMTV reported the charging on 4 September. We hold that. We do not hold a conviction. We do not hold that “the group is dismantled”.

A tax-file leak is personal data, not a meme. Names, addresses, tax identifiers: a drainer is a different crime. This one sits in the criminal court, under French procedure, with an investigating judge.

What we do not add

We do not name the suspect beyond what the desk has already put in public court reporting. We do not recycle dump screenshots. We do not speculate on a “mastermind”. An 18-year-old in remand is a person in a file, not a lore character.

Crypto desks like to fold every hack into “Web3”. DGFiP is a state IT system. If ZeroBytes also talks in Telegram in leetspeak, that does not make the tax office a chain. See infostealer for the other family of theft: the infected PC, not the leaked administration.

Charged. Jailed. Suspected. Three words that are not “guilty”. The data, if it moved, has already moved.— The newsroom

If you think your tax data was in a dump: the tax office and the police have channels. A random “check your leak” site is often the next drainer. Do not sign. Do not upload a tax PDF to a stranger.

What is held, what is not

  • Held: a charging and remand in Paris, an 18-year-old, a DGFiP data-theft file, ZeroBytes named in coverage (BFMTV).
  • Not held: a conviction. A full victim count. That “crypto did this”. A list of members. A closed case.

The useful public service is dull. Do not click dump mirrors. Do not pay a “cleaner”. Wait for the court, and for the administration.

Sources: Paris prosecutors via BFMTV. Nothing here is legal advice.