France Probes Unprecedented Cyberattack After Tax Data of 678,000 Users Stolen
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Nearly 700,000 tax data have been stolen and put on sale by hackers. While the Prime Minister calls for an audit and opposition, a commission of inquiry, the unions of the finance management fulminently face the magnitude of the disaster.
The magnitude and sensitivity of the data stolen at the end of June by a duet of pirates and announced as sold, reveal the shortcomings of the tax administration. "Freedom" takes stock of the operating procedures and risks for taxpayers.
After the massive hacking of the data of 678,000 taxpayers, the executive gathers a crisis cell this Monday. As the information campaign for the victims begins, the government faces violent...
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The first victims of the cyberattack targeting the tax authorities will be notified by government services starting this Monday. Some 700,000 individuals and businesses have been affected. Those targeted are at risk of phishing and identity theft.
A cyber attack against the French tax service could have endangered 678,000 users, and the Paris Public Prosecutor ' s Office had already opened an investigation.
Hundreds of thousands have had their data stolen.
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