Source : Perth Now news
French taxpayers’ data, both individuals and professionals, has been stolen in a cyberattack, the French finance ministry says.
A “malicious actor” claimed on Wednesday he broke into the General Direction of Public Finances tax agency 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, the French finance ministry said later on Friday.
