A new cyberattack affects the I-CAD file, which lists the owners of cats, dogs and ferrets

I-CAD file hacked again. The platform which lists dogs, cats and ferrets and their owners was informed on October 18 of “a security incident resulting from the fraudulent use of an access account,” it told Le Figaro this Wednesday, October 21, confirming information from the specialized site French Breaches.

According to the manager of I-CAD, the company Ingenium animalis, which works on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture, the usurped account was attributed to the Official Book of Feline Origins (Loof), “an organization authorized to consult certain data necessary for the registration of cats in the book of origins”. It is therefore data relating to cat owners which would have been extracted during this attack. The account in question was closed, and the manager “temporarily suspended associated services in order to secure the systems and conduct the necessary investigations.”

“The information likely to have been consulted is the first and last names of the holders as well as information relating to the identification of the animal,” specifies the file manager. Bank details, passwords, postal details, email addresses and telephone numbers are not affected by this incident.

If the French Breaches site mentioned a database of 50,000 veterinarians for sale on the dark web, the manager of I-CAD assures that “the investigations carried out do not reveal any access to data relating to veterinarians”. The CNIL was notified of the incident on October 19, indicates the manager, who invites pet owners to remain attentive to possible fraudulent canvassing.