Subj : Millions of users may have had data leaked in new French governme
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Fri Mar 15 2024 11:30:06

Millions of users may have had data leaked in new French government agency 
security breach

Date:
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 11:18:55 +0000

Description:
France Travail suffers its second cyberattack in the past 12 months, and this 
one may have massive consequences

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A French government agency suffered a cyberattack which has apparently 
resulted in the countrys largest-ever data leak incident, affecting as many 
as 43 million victims. 

The agency is called France Travail, the countrys unemployment registry and 
assistance organization, which helps find jobs for the unemployed, and 
provides them with financial aid. The organization was created in 2008, after 
ANPE and ASSEDIC merged, and currently counts roughly 45,000 employees. 

In a press release published earlier this week, the organization said it fell 
victim to a cyberattack in which sensitive data collected over the last 20 
years was stolen. It warned the citizens to be wary of potential identity 
theft attacks, phishing attempts, and similar cyberattacks. Motives unknown 

 BleepingComputer says that an estimated 43 million individuals were 
affected, making this the largest data leak incident in the countrys history, 
surpassing Februarys 33 million attack on Viamedis and Almerys. The data that 
was stolen in this attack includes peoples full names, dates of birth, places 
of birth, social security numbers, France Travail identifiers, email 
addresses, postal addresses, and phone numbers. Financial, or payment data, 
was not stolen, it was added. 

The attack was spotted in early March, and lasted almost a month, the agency 
confirmed. Besides the unemployed, the hackers also stole data from job 
candidates. 

France Travail did not say who the threat actors behind the incident are, or 
what their goals were. So, we dont know if this was a ransomware attack, or 
just a data grab. No hacking collectives have yet assumed responsibility for 
the attack. 

This is not the first time France Travail suffered a devastating cyberattack 
that resulted in data leaks. Last August, hackers made away with sensitive 
information on 10 million people. That attack was attributed to the Cl0p 
ransomware collective, which abused the MOVEit Transfer software 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/millions-of-users-may-have-had-data-lea
ked-in-new-french-government-agency-security-breach


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