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The organization was created in 2008, after ANPE and ASSEDIC merged, and currently counts roughly 45,000 employees.
It warned the citizens to be wary of potentialidentity theftattacks, phishing attempts, and similar cyberattacks.
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Financial, or payment data, was not stolen, it was added.
The attack was spotted in early March, and lasted almost a month, the agency confirmed.
Besides the unemployed, the hackers also stole data from job candidates.
France Travail did not say who the threat actors behind the incident are, or what their goals were.
So, we dont know if this was aransomwareattack, or just a data grab.
No hacking collectives have yet assumed responsibility for the attack.
This is not the first time France Travail suffered a devastating cyberattack that resulted in data leaks.
Last August, hackers made away with sensitive information on 10 million people.
