"Entire Population of Brazil Possibly Exposed in Massive Data Leak"

Threat actors had public access to the private data of hundreds of millions of Brazilians, putting individuals at risk of identity theft, fraud, and targeted cybercrimes. According to Cybernews, a publicly accessible Elasticsearch instance contained a massive amount of private data belonging to Brazilian citizens. Elasticsearch is a popular tool for searching, analyzing, and visualizing large amounts of data. Since the leaked data was not linked to a specific organization, Cybernews was unable to determine the source of the leak. Affected individuals could have faced financial losses and unauthorized access to personal accounts due to the exposure. This article continues to discuss the exposure of private data belonging to Brazilians and other similarly massive leaks that occurred in 2023.

Cybernews reports "Entire Population of Brazil Possibly Exposed in Massive Data Leak"

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