French tax and education data stolen by hackers

Hackers identifying as ZeroBytes have successfully breached databases belonging to France's tax and education ministries, stealing sensitive personal information. The group claims to have accessed detailed protected data of teachers and students, describing the hack as "child's play."

The scale of the data breach is significant, affecting around 700,000 individuals or companies. The compromised information includes names, passwords, postal addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, tax identification numbers, birth details, marital status, taxable income, and tax assessments. Hackers assert that a portion of this data has already been sold on the darknet to two interested parties for "several thousand euros."

Cybercrime experts express concern over the potential misuse of this data. Gabriela Belaïd, a French cybercrime expert, warned that the stolen information could facilitate phishing attacks or even identity theft. French banks are urging customers to exercise extreme caution. The tax authorities have publicly apologized and are in the process of notifying affected individuals via email. They have also admitted that two other databases, concerning land registries and inheritance files, were compromised.

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