The public organization had already been the victim of a massive data leak in 2024, which potentially concerned 43 million people.
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New flaw in the security of France Work. The public operator, ex-Pôle Emploi, announced on Wednesday July 23, that it was the target of a new cyber attack, which affects personal data of 340,000 job seekers.
France Work was informed on July 12 “of a malicious action” on one of its services, through an account “of a training organization based in Isère” was “Compromise by an ‘infostealer’, malicious software that captures authentication information”according to a press release sent to AFP. “340 data 000 job seekers have been consulted and would therefore be likely to be disclosed and exploited illegally “continues France Work.
These personal data are the “Last name and first name, date of birth, Identifier France work, email and postal addresses and telephone numbers”. Passwords and bank details are therefore not affected, but personal data can be used by scammers to pretend to be legitimate services, and extract more information.
“A first notification to the CNIL [l’autorité chargée de la protection des données] was made, a complaint with the judicial authorities was filed. In accordance with our obligations in such cases, the persons concerned have been informed “continues the press release. France Work had already been the target of a massive cyber attack at the beginning of 2024, with a risk of disclosure of personal data concerning 43 million people.
