Brazil's Ministry of Health January 2021 data leak

On January 19, 2021, a company called PSafe found out that private data of over 220 million Brazilian citizens was leaked through the website of Brazil's Ministry of Health. Because the number of persons affected exceeded the country's estimated population, it has been assumed that the leakage included information regarding deceased people. Private data of approximately 104 million motor vehicles and 40 million companies was also leaked.

Around two years earlier, practically two out of three IT managers surveyed in Brazil said they deemed their budget for cybersecurity as insufficient when considering both the people and the technology needed.

PSafe is a startup that develops cybersecurity apps. It is headquartered both in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and in San Francisco, United States.

Key figures on the data leakage of the website of the Ministry of Health in Brazil in January 2021

Characteristic	Characteristic
Number of citizens whose personal data was leaked* (in millions)	220
Estimated population of Brazil at the time (in millions)	212
Number of motor vehicles whose data was leaked** (in millions)	104
Number of companies whose data was leaked*** (in millions)	40
Maximum fine for organizations held accountable for data leakage according to Brazil's General Personal Data Protection Law (starting in August 2021, in million Brazilian reals)	50

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January 2021

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Brazil

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January 2021

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* Including full names, individual taxpayer registry identification numbers (abbreviated as CPF in Portuguese), birthdates, among other personal data.

** Including vehicle identification numbers, license plate numbers, color, brand, model, type of fuel used, year of production, the city where they were registered, among other pieces of information.

*** Including companies' identification number (abbreviated as CNPJ in Portuguese), registered names, trade names, date of establishment, among other data.

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