Stolen passwords expose French tax data for seven weeks
Daily Cyber News: Stolen passwords expose French tax data for seven weeks
An attacker used stolen staff passwords to take French tax data covering hundreds of thousands of taxpayers and businesses. The activity continued during June and July and went undetected for seven weeks. Neither the tax administration nor the national cybersecurity agency detected the data leaving.
Key context: Valid staff credentials can make malicious activity resemble normal access unless identity and data movement are monitored together.
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