A breach involving an unprotected Elasticsearch server in Panama has exposed the personal information of about 85 percent of the country 's population . The leak from the server , which was connected to the internet without password or firewall protection , was discovered last week by the cybersecurity firm Security Discovery . The breach involved over three million user records labelled as patient records , including names , home addresses , national ID numbers and medical insurance numbers . However , no financial information or medical records are believed to have been disclosed . The Elasticsearch server is designed to support fast search engines .
A leak involving an unprotected Elasticsearch server in Panama has exposed the personal information of about 85% of the country's population. The leak from the server, which was connected to the internet without password or firewall protection, was discovered last week by the cybersecurity firm Security Discovery. The breach involved over three million user records labelled as patient data, including names, home addresses, national ID numbers and medical insurance numbers. However, no financial information or medical records are believed to have been compromised. The Elasticsearch server is used to support fast search systems.