Mexican Gov't Faces Data Leak Allegations
TL;DR
A hacktivist group leaked 2.3 TB of data potentially affecting 28% of Mexico's population, including personal info from government institutions. Mexican authorities claim it's not a new breach but aggregated from past incidents.
Source: DarkReading
The information of 28 percent of Mexico's population may be at risk following the leak of 2.3 terabytes of data online by a hacktivist group, but Mexico's Agencia de Transformación Digital y Telecomunicaciones (ATDT), downplayed the significance of any potential compromise. On Jan. 30, a hacking collective known as the Chronus Group reportedly posted documents and data from at least 25 different government institutions in Mexico, some of which included names, telephone numbers, addresses, dates of birth, and proof of registration in Mexico's public universal healthcare system, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) Bienestar. The ATDT, however, stressed that their analysis indicated that the information is not a new breach but a collection of data from previous breaches. Full Story