33 million French affected by hacking of social security numbers: CNIL calls for vigilance

33 million. This is the number of people affected following the hacking of social security numbers that affected two third-party payment operators, Viadémis and Almerys, in early February. The National Commission for Information Technology and Liberties (CNIL) officially communicated this Wednesday, January 7, reports BFMTV.

Ongoing investigation

“The CNIL has investigated the data breach that affected the operators Viamedis and Almerys, two operators that ensure the management of third-party payments for numerous complementary health and mutual insurance companies. More than 33 million people are concerned, it recalled some advice. does. apply”

We can read on the Commission’s website.

So this release is for potential victims whose Social Security number has been hacked. “Relevant data, for policyholders and their families, is marital status, date of birth and social security number, name of health insurer as well as subscribed contract guarantee”CNIL declares.

Those affected by this data hack should be notified by ViaMedics and Almeris supplemental health insurance customers, the news channel explains. The CNIL calls for the utmost vigilance and indicates on the site the advice to follow to avoid any problems.

This data theft can result in a high risk of phishing or even unusual movements across different accounts. For the moment, the commission continues to investigate the order “In particular determine whether the security measures implemented prior to the incident and in response to it were appropriate with respect to GDPR obligations”.