ID card information of Argentine citizens including Messi and President Fernandez is stolen

It turns out that the information on the ID card given to all Argentine citizens has been stolen by a hacker. It is known that the stolen data includes many of the celebrities, and the Ministry of Interior has filed a criminal complaint.

El Renaper detectó el uso indebido de una clave otorgada a un organismo público y formalizó una denuncia penal | Argentina.gob.ar

Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina's entire population --The Record by Recorded Future
https://therecord.media/hacker-steals-government-id-database-for-argentinas-entire-population/

The target was an agency of the Ministry of Interior called 'Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAPER)' that manages ID card information. The data is stored in a database that can be referenced by government agencies other than the Ministry of Interior, and was used by the government to inquire about the personal information of citizens.

According to the Ministry of Interior, hackers used the password given to the Ministry of Health to gain unauthorized access and disclosed the stolen information on SNS. Information was released to President Alberto Fernandez, journalists, politicians, and football superstars Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero.

The information leak this time was due to incorrect input or theft of passwords for each user, and there is no evidence that the RENAPER database itself was invaded or data was leaked on a large scale. The Ministry of Interior is investigating that eight government officials may have been involved in the information leak.

The news site, The Record, has contacted a person who lent out the right to access the RENAPER database and has obtained testimony that he 'owns a copy of the data.' The hacker admitted that the source of the intrusion was a 'poorly-minded government employee,' and said, 'In a few days, we will release data for 1 to 2 million people. It may be. '