According to The Record, a hacker breached Argentina's National Registry of Persons, stealing the personal information of every Argentinian citizen and putting it for sale online. The database, called RENAPER, is used to issue citizens identifying cards and verify personal information by other governmental bodies. The Ministry of Interior said no breach or leak of the RENAPER transpired after the bad actor accessed the database to upload 19 images of public figures to Twitter, though The Record reports the hacker demonstrated they have all the data.
19 Oct. 2021
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