French Government Embroiled in Taxpayer Data Hack Decried as Country's 'Most Serious' Ever
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Minister David Amiel publicly apologized after attacks in June and July — and a third detected this week — have compromised data from individuals and companies.
Yes, we apologize, because what happened is intolerable, recognized the French Minister of Action and Public Accounts, David Amiel.
The Minister for Public Accounts, David Amiel, offered his apologies on Tuesday for the massive tax hack – affecting at least 678,000 individuals and professionals with their tax data and 430,000 individuals with their land registry records. Furthermore, the tax authorities acknowledged a third data breach, quickly contained, concerning inheritances.
The controversy continues to grow after the leak of tax data. The Ministry of Economy apologizes and wants to show that the file is now under control. An audit has been requested and is due to render its findings in September.
The Minister of Public Accounts expressed his regret at the historic cyberattack against DGFiP. A third computer breach concerning estate data was also
(Paris=Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Jin-won = Following a series of large-scale personal information leaks at French tax and education authorities, the government [plans] measures to strengthen cybersecurity...
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