Maileva: 22 million contact details stolen
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on BFMTV
The investigation into the cyberattack on Maileva, a subsidiary of La Poste, has been handed to the Cybercrime Combat Brigade, according to the Paris prosecutor’s office. The contact details of 22 million people were stolen, but banking details were not affected.
The investigation into the cyberattack targeting Maileva, a subsidiary of Docaposte within the La Poste group, has been entrusted to the Cybercrime Combat Brigade (BL2C), the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Sunday 15 November. The investigation concerns an attack on an automated data processing system, according to the prosecutor’s office.
The stolen information concerns the first name, surname and postal address of 22 million people, according to Maileva’s management in a statement sent by La Poste to AFP. Banking details are not affected. The people affected are the recipients of the client companies using the platform, which claims more than 70,000 users and to have sent 180 million documents in 2024, according to its website.
Maileva said all the companies concerned had been informed of the incident in accordance with regulations. La Poste announced on Saturday that a judicial investigation was under way, according to AFP.
