France’s Finance Ministry has confirmed that a cyberattack on the country’s tax authority resulted in the theft of personal and professional taxpayer data, potentially putting the information of hundreds of thousands of people at risk.
The ministry said Thursday that a “malicious actor” claimed to have broken into the Directorate General of Public Finances (DGFiP) in late June. An investigation confirmed that attackers had gained access to the agency’s systems and were able to consult and extract taxpayer information.
French officials are still trying to determine what exact information was taken and how many people were affected, with the…
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