The extent of the leak is still unknown, but it could be massive.
Pôle emploi has opened an investigation following a personal data leak concerning job seekers, indicates the public operator.
"We are still carrying out our investigation," we said at Pôle Emploi, without further clarification.
Also requested, the National Commission for Informatics and Freedoms (Cnil) confirms that a data breach notification was being investigated regarding this data breach. An advertisement for the sale of a database from the pole-emploi.fr site was posted last week on a specialized forum, and was no longer accessible on Thursday. In the ad, the hacker claimed to have "the name", "age", "phone number", or even "email address" of "1.2 million entries". Neither the CNIL nor Pôle emploi wanted to confirm this figure.
The hacker retracted Wednesday afternoon by posting a message on the forum in which he apologized. “In such a difficult period, organizations like Pôle emploi are of great benefit to our society, and I have decided not to ruin their reputation. The French unemployed can sleep peacefully, no one is going to steal their identity, ”he said in a post in English.