One of the biggest phone companies in the world and a major player in the French telecom industry, Orange, said on Monday that it had been the target of an unidentified cyberattack.
On July 25th, according to the notification of company, the company discovered a cyberattack “on one of its information systems” and took steps to “isolate potentially affected services and minimize any impact.”
According to the statement, Orange pointed out that their choice to separate the systems that were impacted, interrupted many of its platforms, as well as its commercial customers along with several public sector services, mostly in France.
According to the notice, “there is no evidence to suggest that any internal or customer data has been exfiltrated,” and the company’s solutions would progressively restore services by Wednesday.
TechCrunch asked Orange about the nature of the cyberattack and whether the firm had the technical capacity to identify any data exfiltration, but Orange did not reply.
Without giving any details, the company stated in the notice that it is interacting with and notifying impacted consumers and that it has lodged a complaint with the “appropriate authorities.”
Within three days of a potential breach of information, companies in Europe that are protected by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), are required to notify their local data protection authorities.
According to the company, more than127,000 individuals are employed by Orange and that 291 million customers are served in 26 different countries by the company.
