France investigates tax authority breach after hacker claims 600,000 victims

Daryna Antoniuk reports: France’s tax authority has confirmed that hackers breached its information systems and extracted data on individuals and businesses. France’s Economy Ministry said late Thursday that an attacker gained unauthorized access to systems at the Directorate General of Public Finances, or DGFiP, in late June after stealing or misusing someone’s identity. The intrusion allowed the…

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