The 40th Restos du coeur collection campaign and the hacking of digital data, in “franceinfo et vous” from Wednesday November 20, 2024

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The 40th Restos du coeur campaign opened this Tuesday, November 19, 2024, while once again the association warns of the risks of having to refuse to grant food aid to certain people this winter. The requests continue to fill up, revealing a mission that is more necessary than ever, despite resources that are still insufficient. So much so that Jean-Pierre wonders about food collection in general in France: “Cow is it paid back?“. Valentin Houinato from the franceinfo decryption unit specifies that half of the food aid in France comes from food banks. This is by directing towards social workers or directly towards associations.”by presenting proof of income, pay slips, tax notices, but also invoices for rent, subscription, electricity, gas, that is to say by proving your income and your purchasing power” he specifies. As a reminder, 9 million people live below the poverty line, which makes the mission of Restos du coeur all the more necessary. A mission carried out by more than 75,000 volunteers at Restos du coeur, and nearly 100,000 from the Food Bank at the time of collection If the State provides 15% of the Restaurants' budget, the association is mainly thanks to donations from the French, who in 2023 had given more than 15 million. euros.

For her part, Paulette alerts us and says she is cursed, even though Auchan warned her about the theft of her data, a few weeks after her operator Free. Cursed no, but “digitized by its daily purchases and consumption“, yes, replies Nicolas Arpagian, vice-president of the HeadMind Partners firm, specializing in digital risks, and columnist on franceinfo for the Nouveau Monde weekend column. Data which has real value for pirates, since it allow “to usurp identities or write messages that have the substance of the truth” in order to deceive his confidence, he explains.

Colette, worried by these pirates, wonders if she can browse the internet peacefully. It's necessary “as much as possible, check, or in any case favor institutional sites or reference sites” insists Nicolas Arpagian to reassure Colette, to the extent that pirates are constantly innovating, making most antiviruses obsolete.

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