The personal health data of 115,000 essential workers who applied for COVID-19 quarantine exemptions has been exposed in Argentina, Digital Journal reports. The data — including names and national and tax ID numbers — was contained in an unprotected Elasticsearch database and is believed to belong to the San Juan government and Ministry of Public Health, according to researchers.
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