A data breach researcher discovered a database of the personal information of more than 2 million Mexicans posted online, Fortune reports. MacKeeper’s Chris Vickery, who discovered the breach, is the same researcher who recently found a similar database of 93.4 million Mexican voting records leaked online. This time, he found the new database by conducting a “random search,” the report states. After an investigation, Mexico’s voting authority confirmed the information was voting data from Sinaloa, and the data has since been taken down. “I think the sudden appearance of multiple [voter registry] databases is a symptom of giving out too many copies,” said Vickery. “I think the [voting authority] is making good changes in the future by not allowing so much information to be so widespread.” Editor’s Note: The Privacy Advisor recently explored ways to keep public data, like voter data, safe.
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