Actor Claims to Offer 48 Million RENAPER Records for Sale
Summary
An actor using the name GordonFreeman claims to offer a 15.7GB RENAPER database containing 48 million records, including identity numbers and home addresses. The claim is unverified, and RENAPER has not publicly responded.
Key points
- GordonFreeman claims to be selling a database allegedly taken from Argentina’s national identity registry, RENAPER.
- The offered database is described as 15.7GB and allegedly contains 48 million citizen records.
- Reported sample fields include DNI numbers, names, home addresses and phone numbers.
- The sample reportedly includes children’s data.
- The claim is unverified; the article says RENAPER has not publicly responded.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- RENAPER
- Incident Type
- Alleged data breach and sale of a database
- Data Types Exposed
- DNI numbers
- Names
- Home addresses
- Phone numbers
- Children's data
- Affected Records
- 48 million citizen records, according to the claim
- Affected Data Size
- 15.7GB, according to the claim
- Ransom Or Extortion
- An actor using the name GordonFreeman claims to be selling the database; the claim is unverified.
- Claim Status
- claimed