(AOF) – Voyageurs du Monde announces that it suffered a cyberattack on the night of May 15 to 16. The travel specialist specifies that the attack is contained. The company has cut internet access to allow teams to work on analyzing the situation with a view to a gradual resumption of activity planned from the beginning of next week with the use of its back-ups. .
From the point of view of its operations, the telephony and emails are functional as well as the client websites. Voyageurs du Monde can thus monitor the current departures of its customers as well as requests for new trips.
To date, there is no evidence to indicate that the company’s customer data has been stolen. Voyageurs du Monde specifies that no payment data is stored on its systems. As a precautionary measure, the incident was notified to the CNIL, the competent authority responsible for the protection of personal data.
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