Personal data exposed in Brazil’s FGC guarantee payout system
Brazil’s Fundo Garantidor de Créditos (FGC) detected signs of a suspected intrusion on 26 October in an internal environment related to guarantee payouts and confirmed unauthorised access to personal data. Names, taxpayer identification numbers, email addresses, dates of birth and payout-related information were exposed, but the number of people affected was not disclosed. The institution restricted access, blocked suspicious accounts, reviewed access permissions, notified supervisory authorities and informed investors. It is investigating whether data was copied and has found no evidence of public dissemination, misuse or financial loss.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Fundo Garantidor de Créditos (FGC)
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- 2026-10-26
- Scale of damage
- Investors’ personal data and guarantee payout information
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised access to an internal environment related to guarantee payouts
- Location
- Brazil
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNameEmailDate of birth
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Timeline
- Detected signs of a suspected intrusion, restricted access to the affected environment, blocked suspicious accounts and reviewed access permissions.
- Notified investors of unauthorised access to personal data related to the guarantee payout system.
- Reported that it had notified regulators and found no evidence of public dissemination, misuse or financial loss.
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