The Connexion reports:
A large-scale trial is opening in Lyon this week after the discovery of a major data leak at a French work agency Adecco that left 72,000 victims in one of the most serious data-related frauds ever uncovered in France.
16 people are in the dock at the Lyon correctional court facing 22 charges including organised fraud and identity theft.
The central figure is a 20-year-old described by investigators as having “exceptionally high intellectual capacities” and a compulsive drive to find and exploit digital loopholes.
He reportedly continued illicit activities using smuggled smartphones even while awaiting trial.
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