🔺Theft of information of 22 million French people in a cyberattack on the postal company

◾ La Poste France confirmed that personal information of around 22 million people was stolen following a cyberattack on “Mailva,” one of the company’s subsidiaries—an incident described as one of the largest cases of personal data leak in France.

◾ The attack, which took place in mid-September, led to the theft of people’s first names, last names, and postal addresses.

◾ Mailva provides mail delivery services, bills, pay slips, and administrative correspondence to thousands of companies and institutions. La Poste France announced that the matter has been reported to the data protection authority and that legal action has also been filed.

◾ The incident was announced as France has, in recent weeks, faced a series of cyberattacks against companies and its own infrastructure.