The free operator was recently the victim of a massive hack of its customers' data, including bank account IDs and IBAN numbers. Does this trip present any risks? Parisian Provides some answers.
Hacks and data theft are unfortunately common. Companies and public services… Recently, the free operator was subjected to a computer attack. according to ParisianThe names, first names, email and mailing addresses, dates and places of birth, phone numbers, subscriber IDs, and contractual data of tens of thousands of customers were stolen through this hack.
According to the newspaper, banking data was also stolen, more precisely the International Bank Account Number (IBAN), which is a code assigned to each bank account that allows it to be identified. Cybersecurity engineer Clement Domingo says:The cybercriminal behind the free cyberattack distributed a sample of 100,000 IBAN numbers out of the 5.11 million he claims to have.“.
More and more sophisticated scams
Is it a concern that a cybercriminal has an IBAN? The IBAN number is sent to authorize payment to the account, or on the contrary to set up a payment method via bank debit, directly from the account, such as electricity bills, telephone bills, various subscriptions.
Therefore, in theory, it is not possible to debit funds from the account via IBAN. The account holder matching the IBAN must have authorized the direct debit. However, scams are becoming more sophisticated and the situation can become worrying if the cybercriminal also holds other data, such as identity, phone number or other banking information such as BIC code. So be careful and vigilant for free subscribers who should monitor their accounts in the coming days.
Posted on October 27 at 8:14pm, Adele Delaunay, 6Medias
