Attacker ‘hacked’ into French government’s database listing every bank account in the country and stole 1.2 million records

France’s Ministry of Economics, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty recently revealed that an unknown attacker accessed the French government’s database listing every bank account in the country and made off with 1.2 million records. The incident is said to have taken place in January, after unknown attackers used stolen credentials to access the database.

The Ministry said that the attacker’s access was restricted immediately upon discovery of the attack, however, the hacker still managed to access personal information of about 1.2 million accounts.