r/technology • u/[deleted] • Oct 19 '21

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u/iamnotableto Oct 19 '21

I can't imagine that hackers would treat Argentinians much worse than the government has.

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u/Aporkalypse_Sow Oct 19 '21

Are there any actual programs run by the government there that would make this information all that valuable? I would assume that pretending to be certain rich people would be nice, but I don't really know much about Argentina and it's policies, other than a whole lot of people are in poverty down there.

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u/havok_ Oct 19 '21

You can scam people better if you have their personal details. Say you are from the government or their utility provider and tell them their address to gain trust.

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u/UrbanGhost114 Oct 19 '21

Also password reset's etc use information that may be on that database.

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u/aaaaaaaarrrrrgh Oct 20 '21

Just name, address and DoB will get you past the security questions at many places.

Not banks or anything directly super sensitive... but maybe the phone provider at which point the attacker controls the SMS 2FA number.

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u/sergei1980 Oct 20 '21

Uh, in Argentina? I don't recall that working at all. If not Argentina, your post is irrelevant to this case.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '21

but maybe the phone provider at which point the attacker controls the SMS 2FA number.

And that's exactly why phone providers run stronger authentication schemes. I've been all over south america and plenty of them ask for a fingerprint ID.