March 15, 2024 at 06:57AM
France’s government unemployment agency, France Travail, experienced a cyberattack resulting in the theft of personal information, potentially impacting as many as 43 million people. The compromised data includes job seekers’ personal details, and affected individuals are being alerted to potential cybercriminal activity. Past breaches and recent cyberattacks on other government services in France have raised concerns.
Key takeaways from the meeting notes:
– A recent data breach at France’s government unemployment agency, France Travail, has impacted as many as 43 million people.
– The breach occurred between February 6 and March 5, 2024, and personal information including names, dates of birth, social security numbers, agency-specific identifiers, emails, postal addresses, and phone numbers may have been stolen. However, passwords and financial information were not compromised.
– The compromised database stores the information of individuals currently registered with the agency, those who registered over the past 20 years, as well as people who created an account on its website.
– Impacted individuals are being notified and urged to be vigilant for any cybercriminal activities that may arise from the compromised data.
– It is unclear if France Travail was the target of a ransomware group, and no known cybercrime gang has claimed responsibility for the attack.
– There have been previous data breaches involving the unemployment agency in August 2023, affecting roughly 10 million people.
– Another major data breach impacting people in France was disclosed last month, affecting approximately 33 million individuals and involving Viamedis and Almerys, which manage third-party healthcare payments.
– The French government has reported being targeted by cyberattacks of “unprecedented intensity.”
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– European Telecommunications Standards Institute disclosed a data breach.
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