French Tax Agency Breach: 678,000 Records, One Stolen Login
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The massive theft of data to the tax authorities was claimed by ZeroBytes, a mysterious duo of French pirates who is not in his first attempt. The group has already attacked several organizations in France and claims to be acting primarily for money.
French tax agency breach: 678,000 records, one stolen login
The French tax agency says an attacker took data belonging to 678,000 individuals and businesses. The intrusions happened in June and July. The agency did not establish that anything had left its systems until the attacker said so in August. The Direction générale des Finances publiques set out what the attacker reached in a statement […] This story continues at The Next Web
A binomial, who presents himself as a French national, claims to be behind the vast cyberattack that targeted the tax administration. Without "specified motivations", if this is "money".
According to the French pirate duo, the files were sold for a sum of "thousands of euros".
The group of hackers known as ZeroBytes, claims to have sold the data of the 678,000 individuals stolen during the hacking of the tax website to two people for a sum of "thousands of euros".
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