ETAI (Infopro Digital Automotive): 6,600 garages exposed in a leak

On 16 April 2026, ETAI (Infopro Digital Automotive) — the French technical publisher and B2B data provider for the automotive aftermarket, part of the Infopro Digital group — was named in a data leak after a threat actor using the handle ChimeraZ claimed to hold and distribute one of its customer databases.

According to the reporting, the leaked file is relatively small (around 4 MB) but contains roughly 6,600 records covering professional clients — primarily garages, body shops and automotive repairers. The attack vector was not publicly disclosed; the actor published samples of the data to substantiate the claim.

The exposed records reportedly include:

• Client identification and subscription codes
• Business names with SIRET, RCS and APE registration codes
• Contact details (phone, fax, email)
• Full postal addresses
• User account credentials, including hashed passwords
• Subscription dates

The hashed passwords do not guarantee immediate exploitation, but they raise the risk where credentials are weak or reused on other services. As of disclosure the leak was being actively distributed by the threat actor; no independent confirmation or official response from ETAI/Infopro Digital had been published, so the incident is treated as ongoing.