Following the emergence of the leak in January, Procon notified the credit bureau, and asked the company for a confirmation of the incident, and an explanation of the reasons that caused the leak, the steps taken to contain it, how it will repair the damage to consumers impacted and the measures taken to prevent it from happening again. No hypothesis has been ruled out, and at the moment we consider it is more likely that the leak came from inside companies rather than hackers, said Procon s executive director Fernando Capez, adding that Experian s feedback prompts more questions than answers. The explanations from the company will be analyzed by the board of the consumer rights body, and a fine may be applicable if any wrongdoing becomes evident.
Brazilian government urged to protect consumers from massive data leak
A consumer rights organization has called for urgent measures to investigate and punish those responsible for exposing the population s data, as well as better citizen information and transparency.
February 10, 2021 00:07 GMT (16:07 PST) | Topic: Security
A Brazilian consumer rights watchdog has urged the federal government to take immediate and urgent action to protect citizens who had their personal details exposed online.
The notices sent by the Brazilian Institute for Consumer Protection (IDEC) to several government agencies relate to a massive data leak, which saw details of 223 million Brazilians, ranging from name, address to current income, personal vehicle information and tax returns exposed and sold in the dark web.