French Government Apologizes for Tax Data Hack, but Struggles to Contain Fallout
13 Articles
13 Articles
The Minister for Public Accounts, David Amiel, offered his apologies on Tuesday, August 18, for the massive tax hack. A total of 678,000 individuals and businesses were affected. The Paris prosecutor's office has opened an investigation for "fraudulent data extraction" and "criminal conspiracy." The tax authorities have acknowledged another, less sensitive, data breach concerning inheritances.
"An Extremely Serious Situation": Why the Government Is Under the Fire of Criticism After Tax Piracy
The apology of the Minister of Public Accounts on Tuesday and the announcement of a plan to protect himself from future cyber attacks did not extinguish the convictions of political opponents and cybersecurity experts.
Following two cyberattacks targeting tax and land registry data, the French Public Finances Directorate General has acknowledged a third leak concerning information related to unclaimed estates. The breach, detected on August 17, was quickly closed and is believed to be of a much smaller scale. France 2 report.
Paris. Yesterday, the French government apologized for the hacking of the website of the Treasury, which allowed the theft of data of some 700,000 people and companies. On August 12, a group that presents itself as a French duo, ZeroBytes, claimed the massive theft of data from the French Treasury. On August 14, the General Directorate of Public Finance confirmed two intrusions, which occurred at the end of June and July, as well as the theft of…
DECRYPTAGE - Matignon commissioned an "in-depth" audit to shed light on this data flight involving 678,000 individuals and professionals and about 200,000 accounts in the cadastral files.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
