Giant leak exposes data from almost all Brazilians

Post by kinow » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 9:56 PM UTC

FalconSensei wrote: post #74

cuca_de_chumbo wrote: post #49

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I was born dual US/Brazil and left Brazil just after turning 18 about 36 years ago, wondering wondering whether I'm in the leak and whether anyone could use my info to open illicit bank accounts, etc. I don't want to be associated with money-laundering, and am too far in headspace from financial-institutions/credit-bureaus to check it out.

If you declared permanent out-of-country move, you (or an impersonator) shouldn't be able to open accounts/buy things - as far as I know.

Post by throwawayboise » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 10:07 PM UTC

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Reminds me of the American SSN. ”This number is super secret and you must guard it with your life and never share! Oh also write it down on every semi-official form, send by paper mail, and enter into all sorts of webapps”

But the American SSN, while abused, is still supposed to be a secret. I don't believe the Brazilian CPN is meant to be a secret at all. It's used for literally everything. In America, you don't give your SSN to your utility company or when signing up for an online subscription. But in Brazil, you use your CPF to do that.

Post by marcodiego » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 10:23 PM UTC

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The original comment is likely a troll, but the current goverment did place a bunch of amateur hacks on the highest positions of power, which led to things like the minister of culture asserting to the public that woman belongs in the kitchen, or that the minister of education asserting in public that the humanities like sociology and history must disappear from the face of earth, and the ministry of environment sayi…

> The previous government (removed illegitimacy in a coup) Dilma was impeached and removed, Temer finished her term, then Bolsonaro won the election after getting stabbed, and nearly killed, by opposition supporters. I know he's highly controversial, but he did win the election. The removal of Dilma is not normally what one would describe as a "coup." The military junta from 1969, however, is.

Post by dang » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 10:25 PM UTC

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https://www.somagnews.com/giant-leak-exposes-data-from-almos... links to the source of the snippet > According to the experts, who use artificial intelligence techniques to identify malicious links and fake news, the leaked data contains detailed information on 104 million vehicles and about 40 million companies, potentially vulnerable to 220 million people.

Post by Natsu » Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 10:34 PM UTC

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This says that it leaked Brazilians' name & CPF numbers. CPF being the number that people give to every random shopkeeper to enter that tax lottery. So, it's... not exactly a big secret. To do most official-type things you have to go down to the cartório with your actual ID, not just enter the number. Heck, I've been to places where you had to use one to use the free wifi. Granted, in that particular case, it didn't…

The CPF is quite annoying as a tourist. Mostly there are workarounds, but it is ridiculous how many things assume you have one. Yes, fake ones usually work. It was a few years back when I visited, but the hoops I had to jump through to buy an internal flight was unbelievable. I mean, the idea that a non-resident might want to travel within the country on a budget airline right??