A few days ago, several French sports federations were the target of a cyber attack. The pirates came to Exfiltrate a mountain of data On the members of the federations, such as names, first names, birth dates, email addresses, and postal addresses.
At the origins of intrusion, we find Vulnerability in a provider In charge of Licenses and Managers spaces on behalf of several sports federations. De facto, it can be assumed that many other federations have also been targeted by cybercriminals.
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Eight databases for sale on Breachforums
As researcher Clément Domingo reports, a pirate has also sold A total of eight databases Pirated belonging to sports federations on a criminal forum. The cybercriminal, which calls itself Thefrenchguy, displayed the directories stolen on Breachforums, the hub of all stolen data.
The list of sports federations concerned includes the French Boxing Federation, the French Federation of Motor Sport, the French Motorcyclism Federation, the French Roller & Skateboard Federation, the Sports and Cultural Federation of France, the French Federation Arc, the French Federation of Mountain and Climbing, and the French Federation of Force.
There are two federations which announced their hacking at the start of the week, the French Federation of Mountain and Climbing and the French Archery Federation. As part of the latter, the flight dates back to December 2024, indicates the pirate.
-A digital gold mine
In total, these are the personal data of more than 4.5 million people which are found on Breachforums. The pirate “Has got hold of a real digital gold mine”estimates Clément Domingo on his X account. One of the directories, that of the French Federation of Motor Sport, would contain data from several automotive champions, namely Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon.
Thefrenchguy offers some of the databases auction. In some cases, he offers other pirates to contact him to agree with a price per private message. It requires cryptocurrency payment to interested buyers. The seller is in negotiations with several hackers, in view of public communications that we have consulted on BreachForums.
Once sold, these databases may succeed in A wave of online scamsincluding phishing attacks. Cybercriminals will probably use it to try to steal money from Internet users who live in France. This is why you are recommended to redouble their prudence.
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