The CAF suffered an attack from “hackers” in February, with “several thousand accounts” visited. If the beneficiaries concerned have been notified individually, all personal spaces on CAF.fr must now be secured. From Friday March 8, changing your password is even mandatory to log in.
“Why is CAF forcing me to change my password? » You’ve probably asked yourself this question if you’ve tried to log in to “My Account” in recent days. Currently, you will see the following screen to access your account. From Friday March 8, the message will change with more imperative instructions.
For what ? The National Family Allowance Fund (Cnaf), which oversees the CAF in the French departments, explained this in a press release released on Friday February 23: “A data breach has been proven, several thousand benefit accounts were visited in a manner illegitimate. » For beneficiaries who were victims of these hackers, the password was “reset in order to block any access to their account by an unauthorized person”, and they were notified in mid-February.
Now, CAFs aim to strengthen the security of all personal spaces. A new information and prevention message was broadcast on Thursday February 29 to all beneficiaries. Watchword: “As data breaches on the Internet increase, we are taking steps to protect your sensitive information. From Friday March 8, changing your password will be mandatory. We advise you to do this now via the “forgotten password” button. »
CAF advice for a good password
- a different password for each site;
- complex : more than 10 characters and at least one number, one lowercase and one uppercase;
- impossible to guess ;
- amended regularly ;
- communicated to anyonenot even at Caf.