1 in 2 people in France have data stolen in massive cyberattack
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One in two French people’s data was stolen in a major cybersecurity breach - the largest ever in France - leaving 33 million at risk.

One in two French people’s data was stolen in a major cybersecurity breach - the largest ever in France - leaving 33 million at risk.

Over 33 million people in France - nearly half of its population - have been impacted by the country’s biggest-ever cyberattack.

Two French service providers for medical insurance companies were targeted, with the companies admitting that millions of people’s data were potentially exposed to the hackers.

“This is the first time there has been a breach on such a scale,” Yann Padova, a lawyer specialising in digital data protection and former Secretary General of the French data protection authority (CNIL) told French broadcaster Franceinfo on Thursday.

  • DamageEnglish
    271·
    11 months ago

    According to the first provider, Viamedis, the hackers phished and used health professionals’ logins to get into the system.
    Almerys said that the hackers had not breached its central system but had accessed a portal used by health professionals

    WTF so people with logins could access millions of records with no oversight?

    • Aux@lemmy.worldEnglish
      111·
      11 months ago

      They do not say there was no oversight. For example, if this portal was hacked and attackers gained an ability to impersonate any user of the portal, they could just login as different users and steal small chunks of information, then bundle it up.