Health insurance data breach affects nearly half of France’s population, privacy regulator warns

Data on more than 33 million people in France, approximately half the population, was compromised in a cyberattack at the end of January, according to the country’s privacy watchdog. The Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL) announced this week it had been informed by two health insurance companies, Viamedis and Elmer’s, about the incident. It

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