"French ISP Confirms Cyberattack, Data Breach Affecting 19M"

Free, a French telecommunications company and the country's second-largest Internet service provider (ISP), has recently disclosed that it fell victim to a cyberattack over the weekend. It was noted that a threat actor stole information from the company's internal management tool, gathered data on its subscribers, and attempted to sell the data on the Dark Web in a cybercrime forum. The hacker behind the breach, known as "drussellx," posted a message on the forum, putting two databases stolen from the ISP company up for auction. The databases reportedly contained information on more than 19 million customer accounts and more than 5 million international bank account details. The company said that personal data associated with some accounts for certain subscribers were compromised. However, they stressed that no passwords, bank card information, emails, SMSs, or voicemails were compromised and that its services were not impacted.

Dark Reading reports: "French ISP Confirms Cyberattack, Data Breach Affecting 19M"