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A hacker broke into Chile's government sites mining data from six
million people which he then posted on the Internet on two popular
servers for several hours, the El Mercurio daily have said.
The personal data included names, street and email addresses,
telephone numbers, social and educational background, and was taken
from Education Ministry, Electoral Service and state-run telephone
companies' websites from late Saturday to early Sunday.
"Its a serious matter and we're investigating," Police
Cibercrime Brigade chief Jaime Jara told the newspaper.
The data was displayed for several hours before authorities removed
it on the technology information website "FayerWayer" and
community website "ElAntro."
The hacker said on the websites he splashed the data "for the
whole world to see ... (to) show how unprotected personal data is in
Chile ... nobody bothers protecting that information."
-- AFP
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