Security firm: Data breach exposes millions of Ecuadorians
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A cyber security firm says it discovered a serious flaw in a computer server that exposed the personal data of millions of Ecuadorians.
Researchers at vpnMentor say the unsecured server held information on over 20 million individuals, including details like names, birth dates and telephone numbers.
The firm says most of the individuals reside in Ecuador, a nation of just over 17 million people, meaning nearly everyone could have been exposed.
It wasn’t immediate
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