France Travail – What to do if you are among the 43 million victims of the cyberattack?

A cyberattack of impressive scale. 43 million people registered with France Travail (formerly Pôle Emploi) have had their data stolen. France Travail announced yesterday that this concerns people registered in the last 20 years…

Should we be worried? What to do in such a situation? France Travail wants to be reassuring. Neither unemployment benefits nor compensation are threatened. No payment incidents should occur in the coming days. Personal space is accessible, no trace anywhere of the cyberattack.
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On the other hand, it seems certain that the hackers recovered the names, first names, dates of birth, social security numbers, France Travail identifiers, emails, numbers and addresses of the registrants.

These are people registered to obtain rights but also simple people connected to receive job offers. Don't panic, you will be kept informed: France Travail now has the obligation to individually inform the people concerned by this personal data breach. “ In a few days », Specifies the state body.

Concretely, what are the risks in the future? Hackers could use this mass of data to carry out phishing operations, in order to try to steal bank details and usurp identities. Beware of unknown calls, never give out your passwords, bank accounts, bank card numbers. If in doubt, call the entity in question yourself to verify that the person you are talking to actually exists.