CL Ministerio de Educaci_n Chile May 2008 Hacking (Q16695)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | CL Ministerio de Educaci_n Chile May 2008 Hacking |
A data breach risk event |
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May 2008
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Hacker leaks 6m Chileans records A computer hacker in Chile has published confidential records belonging to six million people on the internet, officials say. The information was obtained by hacking into government and military servers, and was posted on a technology blog. It included ID card numbers, addresses, telephone numbers and academic records. The hacker left a message saying the aim was to demonstrate the poor level of data protection in Chile, says the newspaper which uncovered the story. El Mercurio newspaper reports that the data came from computer servers at the education ministry, the military and the electoral service. It was posted on the forum of a Chilean blog dedicated to technology issues, but was quickly removed by sites administrators, who contacted the police. Links (English)
