Brazilian Credit Guarantor Fund Data Breach Affecting PII and Payout Data

doodlesdev 28 points 5 comments November 05, 2026
www.fgc.org.br · View on Hacker News

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cfontes

Ouch this one is be bad... Millions of personal records in their control. Payment data, social security numbers and so on. All oficial data, Fraudsters will have a field day with it.

sebmellen

Translated to English: https://fgc-comunicado-en.netlify.app/ “What data was affected - Personal data: name, CPF (Brazilian taxpayer ID), email address, and date of birth; - Data related to the guarantee payment: information about the taxes withheld from the payment and about the distribution channel through which the guaranteed investment was made at the liquidated institution”

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