- After a cyberattack on France’s tax authority (DGFiP), the government plans to use AI tools to find and test cybersecurity vulnerabilities.
- The breach exposed tax data of about 678,000 individuals and businesses.
- Stolen information included reference tax incomes, company identifiers, and tax withholding rates.
- DGFiP said passwords and user portals were not compromised.
Source: news.bloombergtax.com
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