Urssaf: a “computer incident” caused a data leak concerning more than 10,000 people
Confidential data of more than 10,000 Urssaf users were mistakenly shared on the weekend of May 1 with other users, the organization said today.
According to Urssaf, the information of self-employed workers (craftsmen, traders and liberal professions) who filed their tax return before April 27 was posted on the online account of other self-employed workers, following a “computer incident”.
When it realized its mistake, Urssaf removed the disputed files from online spaces, but it estimates that the information of 10,640 people may have been viewed by third parties. It indicates that it has notified the persons concerned, and provides the telephone number 36 98 for any further information. “These people are advised to be vigilant about any suspicious banking movements” into their bank account, she said.
Vincent Remlinger, an Alsatian interior designer who sounded the alarm very quickly in Rue 89 Strasbourg, said he had had access to information from 115 professionals in the region, contained in a PDF file of more than 450 pages shared by Urssaf on May 1. He immediately contacted Urssaf via its online messaging system and also directly notified around twenty Alsatian lawyers appearing in the file.
In total, of the 7,400 people who received information by mistake, 1,650 consulted it, said Urssaf. For their part, the auto-entrepreneurs are not affected by the incident.
