French taxpayers' data stolen in cyber attack, French Finance Ministry says
French officials said the intruder extracted taxpayer records, while investigators continue to determine exactly which data and how many accounts were affected.
- France's finance ministry confirmed on Friday a cyberattack on the Directorate-General for Public Finance that compromised data from around 678,000 tax accounts and 200,000 land registry records stolen during June and July.
- A 'malicious actor' gained 'illegal access' to DGFIP systems by exploiting 'the usurpation of identifiers of a DGFIP agent and an authorised third party,' the finance ministry said, rather than compromising passwords directly.
- Stolen data includes household tax rates, taxable income figures, and business SIREN numbers, though the authority stated that 'public finance areas of private and professional users' remained secure during the breach.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will chair an emergency meeting on Monday to address the incident, while the ministry will contact affected individuals 'at the beginning of the week' via email or post.
- France remains the European country most targeted by cyberattacks, with 43.4 million accounts compromised since the start of the year, according to data experts Surfshark, underscoring persistent national security vulnerabilities.
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French tax authority data breach affects 678,000 individuals
The French Ministry of the Economy and Finance has disclosed a data breach after an attacker accessed the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) systems and stole data belonging to 678,000 individuals. [...]
The prosecutor's office of the French capital has launched an investigation.
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