Suspected mass data leak in Costa Rica includes president's information
Allegations of a large-scale personal data leak in Costa Rica, including information on the president, prompted an investigation. The data protection agency Prodhab also opened a separate case investigation, widening the scope of the probe.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- Costa Rica
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Timeline
- An investigation was under way into an alleged large-scale personal data leak in Costa Rica that included the president's information.
- Prodhab opened a separate investigation, widening the probe into the alleged leak.
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