Facial photos and ID numbers of 80% of El Salvador's population leaked
Facial photos and personally identifiable information of Salvadorans were leaked en masse in a hack. The leaked data included selfies and ID numbers of people equivalent to 80% of the population.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal information including selfies and ID numbers of 80% of El Salvador's population
- Cause / method
- Theft of biometric and personally identifiable information through hacking
- Location
- El Salvador
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Timeline
- It emerged that facial photos and personally identifiable information of Salvadorans had been leaked en masse in a hack.
- The leaked data was found to include selfies and ID numbers of 80% of the population.
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