The media reported that about 20 thousand passwords of French civil servants got into the darknet.

About 20 thousand passwords of French civil servants were "stolen" by cybercriminals, the Paris Mayor's office was particularly badly affected. This was reported on October 21 by the French newspaper Le Figaro.

It is reported that the largest number of stolen passwords are from government employees in the United States. France is in second place, followed by Italy, Great Britain and Germany.

The publication clarified that each of these passwords is associated with academic records and e-mail addresses of various French institutions, most often the passwords could be recovered.

"[Cybercriminals] can potentially gain access to the email accounts and other confidential information of these government employees," the publication claims.

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