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France Travail, the old Pôle Emploi, has issued a warning that hackers may have gained access to its networks and are using them to leak or take advantage of the personal information of up to 43 million people. The French government's France Travail is in charge of registering jobless people, giving them financial aid, and helping them locate employment. The organization said yesterday that between February 6 and March 5, hackers conducted a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of personal information from job searchers who had registered with them in the previous 20 years. Additionally disclosed was information from people who have a job candidate profile read more French unemployment agency data breach impacts 43 million people. Get up to date on the latest cybersecurity news...

A series of targeted attacks against the financial sector in Francophone nations in Africa from at least July 2022 to September 2022 have been connected to the cybercrime organisation known as Bluebottle. The Hacker News received a report from Symantec, a division of Broadcom Software. "The organisation makes considerable use of living-off-the-land, dual use tools, and commodity malware, with no unique malware deployed in this campaign," the report stated. The cybersecurity company claimed that the activity aligns with a threat cluster known as OPERA1ER, which between 2018 and 2022 launched hundreds of assaults on banks, financial services providers, and telecom firms in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The toolset employed, the attack infrastructure, the lack of custom malware, ...

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French unemployment agency data breach impacts 43 million people

Bluebottle Cybercrime Group Preys on Financial Sector in French-Speaking African Nations