Data breach reveals personal data of almost all of Ecuador

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gardener1Serial expat17 September 2019 01:31:42

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Information including personal details such as names, addresses, national identity numbers and phone numbers has been compromised. The government has described the issue as a "major concern."

Almost the entire population of Ecuador had their personal records exposed after a massive breach was revealed on Monday ...

Approximately 17 million people, including up to seven million children, had their data exposed by an unsecured server run by an Ecuadorian marketing and analytics firm.

Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/data-breach-revea … a-50452958

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Bigbrad2008Serial expat17 September 2019 01:57:34

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These days breaches are becoming so common in the USA and now here. It is like death and taxes, gonna happen and it sucks but is life

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