The French soccer federation has been hit by a cyber-attack that resulted within the theft of knowledge regarding members, it stated on Thursday.
The FFF stated the software program utilized by golf equipment for his or her administrative administration, significantly for dealing with their registered members, had been focused by “a cyber-malicious act and an information theft.” It didn’t say what number of members had been affected.
Based on the federation, the problem was resolved after the unauthorized entry, carried out utilizing a compromised account, was detected.
“The FFF’s providers took the required steps to safe the software program and the info, notably by instantly disabling the account in query and resetting all user-account passwords,” it stated.
The federation has filed a grievance. It stated the breach was restricted to private data reminiscent of names, gender, nationality or postal and electronic mail addresses.
“The FFF is dedicated to defending all the info entrusted to it and regularly strengthens and adapts its safety measures as a way to face, like many different organizations, the rising selection and new types of cyber-attacks,” it stated.
