The financial details of two people, about 57 percent of Brazil 's population, have been exposed after a server containing unique taxpayer registry identification numbers was discovered. The issue was picked up by security firm GB , which said a misconfigured server was to blame and that more than 120 million basic cybersecurity measures that would have kept the information confidential were not in place. The issue was fixed in April 2018 but InfoArmor said it was unable to identify who owned the server.
The financial details of more than 120 million people, around 57% of Brazil's population, have been exposed after a server containing unique taxpayer registry identification numbers was discovered. The issue was picked up by security firm InfoArmor, which said a misconfigured server was to blame and that two basic cybersecurity measures that would have kept the information confidential were not in place. The issue was fixed in April but InfoArmor said it was unable to identify who owned the server.