> According to the experts, who use artificial intelligence techniques to identify malicious links and fake news, the leaked data contains detailed information on 104 million vehicles and about 40 million companies, potentially vulnerable to 220 million people.
Thanks, finally somebody telling what data is on the leak.
> Information on the more than 104 million vehicles reveals important details, such as chassis number, license plate, municipality, color, make, model, year of manufacture, engine capacity and even the type of fuel used. In the case of legal entities, the following were leaked: CNPJ, corporate name, trade name and date of foundation.
Every piece of information on this list is either plainly visible (for cars) or published by the government.
The article talks about data of real people (not companies), but doesn't say what leaked about them.
This link [0] may have the information you are looking for.
The link above seems to be from an unrelated breach, the one discussed in the OP affects pretty much everything, not even your LinkedIn profile managed to escape.
> The article talks about data of real people (not companies), but doesn't say what leaked about them.
Personal data (CPF, Birth day and so on), credit scores, social class, acquisitive power, and other informations that a company specialised in credit score have. (the leak is probably from a credit score company).
> Every piece of information on this list is either plainly visible (for cars)
Nope, engine capacity, fuel type and year of manufacture are generally not visible on a car; the VIN is also not always publicly visible (in Europe, I don't know how the regulations are in Brazil).
What makes this database dangerous is its value for criminals in aggregated form... it's enough data to forge a car title, and assuming that there is another database that links VINs to individual people (either from the government or from a hacked bank), it now is possible to identify targets for a break-in attack.
> According to the experts, who use artificial intelligence techniques to identify malicious links and fake news, the leaked data contains detailed information on 104 million vehicles and about 40 million companies, potentially vulnerable to 220 million people.