Retirement insurance: data of 370,000 people hacked

“No banking data” was compromised, Cnav said.

The personal data of 370,000 people was stolen from Retirement Insurance through an Internet portal for social action providers for retirees, she said on Friday, September 13 in a press release.

“Personal data

(address, social security number, estimated resources)

relating to approximately 370,000 beneficiaries, has been at risk”, said the National Old Age Insurance Fund (Cnav).

“No banking data, no payroll, retirement data

career or paid benefits have been jeopardized,” she said.

Data already sold

The data was stolen by stealing accounts from service providers using the portal. This, called the Social Action Partners Portal, has been taken out of service by Cnav, which “expresses its apologies to the people affected by the disaster”.

According to a forum that specializes in the resale of data as a result of piracy, consultation with the

AFP

the data stolen from Cnav was available for sale on an account that also offered

data stolen from the brands Truffaut, Cultura and Boulanger.

According to Cnav, the incident has been reported to the CNIL (National Commission for Information Technology and Freedom), and the people involved will be notified”.

“A complaint was filed at the same time,” she said.