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The attack took place on Friday on the Progress software “MOVEit”, which is used to fill a common platform of supervisory authorities, explained a FMA-Speaker on request. The hitherto unknown security gap was closed immediately.
“The FMA was able to immediately close this security gap in the ‘Secure File Transfer’ platform it also uses with the involvement of external specialists and has been working at full speed on limiting and repairing the damage ever since,” the statement said. The stolen data sets have therefore already been identified and analyzed under data protection law. Random data copies were lost, including the salary payment amounts of everyone FMA-Employees for May, it was said to the APA.
Overall, the data had a “very heterogeneous structure”. These also include individual data requirements for the audit of the banking supervisory authority. It was emphasized that no data was lost because copies were stolen.
The number of people indirectly affected by this data theft is limited in accordance with the data protection analysis, which is why they are FMA be informed directly. The employees have already been informed. “Of course, the responsible authorities, especially those responsible for criminal investigations, have already been informed and involved,” said the FMA further with.
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