2024-10-30 14:11:00
The file with the data of the telephone operator’s customers was allegedly purchased for the sum of 175,000 dollars (approximately 160,000 euros).
The hacker who put the personal data of 19.2 million Free customers up for sale has announced that he had sold them, a cybersecurity expert confirmed to AFP on Wednesday (October 30). According to a message published online on a dedicated forum, the file was purchased for the sum of 175,000 dollars (around 160,000 euros), Damien Bancal, cybersecurity expert and author of the blog zataz.com, told AFP. Contacted by AFP, Free declined to comment.
The data theft, reported in mid-October, was confirmed by Free. The mobile operator and access provider began contacting affected customers via email on Friday, reporting that this had happened “victim of a cyber attack against a management tool” Who “resulted in unauthorized access to some of the personal data associated with the accounts of some subscribers”. According to the hacker, the data in question mainly contains names, first names, email and postal addresses, date of birth of the customers as well as their IBAN (international bank account number) for 5.1 million of them. There is no password or credit card involved.
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Phishing attempts
While withdrawals from stolen IBANs remain difficult, there are ways to bypass these restrictions. The Observatory on the security of payment methods recommends it “check regularly” and of “update the list of authorized or prohibited creditors in your online banking space”.
It is possible to initiate a withdrawal dispute “at the latest within 13 months from the debit date”stipulates the French Banking Federation, a deadline “reduced to 70 days when the headquarters of the payment beneficiary is located outside the European Union or the European Economic Area”. Finally, you should pay particular attention to phishing attempts via email or telephone, do not provide a password and do not validate any banking transaction at the request of an advisor. The resources are available on the website cybermalveillance.gouv.fr.
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