France’s public employment service announced this Wednesday that it had suffered a large-scale computer attack that could have compromised information relating to the 43 million people who use it.
France Travail warned in a statement that information on “people registered in the last 20 years, as well as those registered as job candidates and who have a candidate profile” on the relevant pages may be at risk of “unlawful disclosure or use ” , Internet.
The data provided is personal in nature, but does not include access codes or banking information for users of the service, and text has been added in which users are also asked to “be vigilant and attentive to any request or offer that may appear fraudulent.” “
The announcement came two days after several official French IT services were attacked with “unprecedented intensity” by a group calling itself Sudan Anonymous, backed by the Russian Federation and Islamist groups.
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