The data of 80,000 members of a mutual have leaked

Banking information, identity papers, email addresses… More than 80,000 members of the French mutual Emoa du Var have seen their personal data leaked on the Internet, reports our colleagues from

this Friday.

In March 2022, confidential information had already been disclosed online and the mutual had informed the subscribers concerned.

But, according to the newspaper, an even more massive leak occurred in April.

The mutual was informed by the daily that the personal information of more than 80,000 of its members was online on cybercriminal platforms.

She was unaware of the data leak.

Double hack

The surnames, first names, postal codes, dates of birth, email addresses and even for some of the victims Social Security number, bank details and photocopy of the passport, found themselves for sale online.

Dissemination of this information exposes victims to scams or phishing attempts.

Even identity theft, an administrative nightmare for the victims.

After the first data leak, the mutual assured its customers: "As soon as this malicious act was discovered, our technical teams urgently implemented the appropriate security measures to remedy the situation as well as a strengthening the security of our systems”.

However, the problem repeated itself.

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• Health

• Mutual

• cyberattack

• Cybercriminality