PARIS, Aug 14 (Reuters) – French taxpayers’ data, both individuals and professionals, were stolen in a cyberattack, the French Finance Ministry said late on Thursday. • A “malicious actor” claimed on Wednesday he broke into the tax agency, General Direction of Public Finances, in late June, the ministry said in a statement. • Investigations confirmed […]
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French taxpayers’ data stolen in cyber attack, French Finance Ministry says
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PARIS, Aug 14 (Reuters) – French taxpayers’ data, both individuals and professionals, were stolen in a cyberattack, the French Finance Ministry said late on Thursday.
• A “malicious actor” claimed on Wednesday he broke into the tax agency, General Direction of Public Finances, in late June, the ministry said in a statement.
• Investigations confirmed the cyberattack, which led to the consulting and extraction of taxpayers’ data, the statement said.
• Further probes are ongoing to determine which specific data and the exact number of taxpayers affected, the ministry said, adding further findings will be disclosed.
• “Users concerned will receive individual information specifying the data that may have been consulted or extracted and, where applicable, the precautionary measures to be adopted,” the statement said.
• The data of 678,000 users was stolen, said the French finance ministry later on Friday.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro;Editing by Elaine Hardcastle)