Massive Trove of Brazilian Private Data Exposed in Data Leak
Hundreds of millions of Brazilians were allegedly put at risk when a massive
leak left their private data publicly accessible.
The private data of Brazilian individuals was reportedly leaked in a “publicly
accessible Elasticsearch instance,” a tool often used for managing and analyzing
large data blocks.
According to Cybernews researchers, the data lacked any indicators that could
link it to a specific organization or company, making it impossible to pinpoint
the origin of the leak.
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