French Orange Group Confirms Cyberattack

A hacker claims to have stolen thousands of internal documents with user records and employee data after breaching the systems of Orange Group, a leading French telecommunications operator and digital service provider. The threat actor published on a hacker forum details about the stolen data after trying to extort the company unsuccessfully.

Orange confirmed the breach to BleepingComputer saying that it occurred on a non-critical application. The company initiated an investigation and is working to minimize the impact of the incident.

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