Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2021-03-19 00:00:00
Affected organization: Corporate Taxpayer Registry (CNPJ)
Affected country: Brazil
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Protest
Actor: Vanda The God
Actor type: Hacktivist
Actor country: United States of America
Description: Police have arrested the man suspected of hacking and disseminating the information of 223 million Brazilians, the largest leak in that country's history. The hacker reportedly accessed the data of the Individual Taxpayer Registry (CPF) and the Corporate Taxpayer Registry (CNPJ).