Also known as “on someone else’s computer”.
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I already got a heads up from one of my banks to keep an eye on my account, “just in case”, but nothing from Banque de France or DGFIP so far.
That explains the extra flash page that appears first on my CA app 
mentioning cybersecurity
Probably rather late in the day, but I’m now redacting bank account details from the various justificatifs that I need to send to agencies like ANEF (eg for CdS). I simply don’t trust them to keep my banking data safe anymore, in the light of seemingly endless data breaches at government agencies…
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And it may take 6 or 12 months to start (while our details are being circulated and sold off kn the dark web, presumably. But then the tail of fake rmais and fake sms’s will go on for years
In fact I think I’ve just understood why governnents are not ensuring punishment of a level that will hurt the companies who time and time again fail to safeguard our data. And why only fines (that after large headline amounts are routinely negotiated down so companies pay only a tiny fraction of theheadllined fine amount) are levied and why there is not legislation in place for at least a 3-figure sum to be paid to the actual victim - which would startto reflect actual damages.
It’s clear now that governments know they are also.guilty. And probably even more guilty in that they demand the most sensitive and comprehensive personal data from us.
So now we know why govsrnment hasn’t put proper legislation and compensation in place for firms that leak personal data because governments know they’re as guilty.
Data breach du jour…les Impôts. 400,000 individuals affected, who the Impôts will contact direct…this happened two months ago, but has only just been publicised.
Quite frankly, what’s the point of contacting people after two months?
Unless the breach was to target specific individuals the details are likely to sit on “dark web” databases for ages so there is still time for people to change passwords, increase their levels of awareness WRT scams etc.
Actually I would have thought that two months was pretty fast to be releasing details.
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An organisation has an obligation to provide details of breaches.
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The details of what has been hacked from the Impôts are emerging…
There is also a new Impôts breach du jour (d’après-midi ?!) affecting some 2 million property owners…
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It’s to help burglars 
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That’s not good, is it? If they’re only telling the people who were affected now, I think it’s poor service from them.
Il n’y a pas de mots…
Unbelievable.
Where’s the sanctions?
The problem is, that once the data gets out it can be used by evil forever.
I’ve just had someone open a Walmart account in the US using my email address and try to get a delivery (doubtless with a credit card stolen from somebody else). I haven’t dealt with either of the 2 likely sources of the breach for 5 - 7 years.
Unfortunately it is getting more and more frequent; AI is helping hacking attacks.
My suggestion is to use a platform that facilitates the generation of alias email addresses. If there is a breach you just kill the alias and generate another; the source email address is note revealed.
Do I detect a fellow Aussie?
You do indeed! Central west NSW. Although more recently on the coast. And you?
How nice that you have a fellow Antipodean.
I’ve held off saying this but could I mention politely that in British English, a groper is someone who fondles a person without their consent?
Grouper would work better but I’m not sure if such a fish as a sand grouper exists. I see that a sandgroper is an insect. If you would like to change your username you could ask Billybutcher.