Security News > 2024 > March > French unemployment agency data breach impacts 43 million people
France Travail has informed the country's data protection agency, the National Commission of Informatique and Liberties, which stated that up to 43 million people may be impacted.
This data increases the risk of identity theft and phishing for the exposed individuals, so the agency recommends potentially impacted people to be particularly vigilant with emails, phone calls, and SMS they receive.
France Travail clarified that the data breach incident does not impact people's bank details or account passwords, but CNIL warns that cybercriminals may use what's available to correlate with missing data points from other breaches.
Last August, France Travail suffered a massive data breach, which impacted approximately 10 million individuals.
The current cyberattack on the agency sets a new record in France, as it affects the largest number of individuals, more than the 33 million people impacted by the Viamedis and Almerys breach in February.
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