Lecornu Plans Crisis Meeting on Cyberattack at French Tax Agency
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As a victim of a data theft, the Directorate-General for Public Finance begins to warn the victims of this hacking on Monday evening. 678.000 individuals and professionals are concerned.
Are you one of the 678 000 French who received a message from the tax administration this Monday, August 17th? The tax department has been hacked. Information such as surnames, first names, tax income and tax collection rates at source are on sale on the Darknet. It is important to remain vigilant in the face of emails, SMS or calls that you might receive if you are concerned. Do not click on any links and check the sites to which you are redire…
The Prime Minister had convened an inter-ministerial crisis unit on Monday, 17 August.
Sébastien Lecornu ordered on Monday an audit of the ANSSI on the theft of data affecting the DGFiP, involving 678.000 individuals and professionals. The ZeroBytes pirates, who claim the attack, claim to have...
"The Prime Minister asked ANSSI to conduct an in-depth audit to determine precisely the circumstances and causes of the incident affecting the DGFiP, in addition to the ongoing judicial investigation," said Matignon. Sébastien Lecornu also asked "that every French person concerned by this incident be informed individually as soon as possible, with details of the data likely to have been exposed and the measures of vigilance to be adopted." Publi…
The Head of Government, who chaired an inter-ministerial crisis unit, also called for "every French person involved in this incident to be informed individually as soon as possible".
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