US EditionData Breach in French Education Ministry Information System Hits 243,000 Staff
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For several weeks, National Education has been the victim of a series of cyberattacks. In less than a month, more than three million sensitive data have been compromised.
The names, mailing addresses and telephone numbers belonging to 240,000 national education officers - a majority of them teachers - were stolen during March. The ministry admitted the breach on Monday night and sought to close it in an emergency.
On 15 March, an intrusion into the department's intern management software exposed the data of some 243,000 officers of the ministry. Names, first names or postal addresses have been stolen and a sample of this personal information has even been put on sale online. - National Education: the personal data of 243,000 stolen agents, including their postal addresses (Police, justice and other facts).
Names, first names, mailing addresses, telephone numbers and periods of absence without a reason are included in the stolen data.
An intrusion, dated 15 March, into the data system of the Ministry of Education's human resources database led to the hacking of the data of thousands of teachers from all over France. A complaint is under way.
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