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Ecuador is to investigate a data breach in which the personal data of up to 20 million people was made available online.According to vpnMentor its research team led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar discovered the data breach on an unsecured server located in Miami Fla. As per the informaiton the server is owned by Ecuadorian company Novaestrat a consulting company that provides services in data analytics strategic marketing and software development. The breach was discovered by the vpnMentor research team as part of its large-scale web mapping project.The data breach involves huge amount of sensitive personally identifiable information at the individual level and may involve 20 million people. Ecuadors population is said to be of around 16 million people.The leaked database appears to contain information obtained from outside sources however the exact details are not clear.Some examples of the personal information that the vpnMentor team could find includes full name first middle last gender date of birth place of birth home address email address home work and cell phone numbers marital status date of marriage if applicable date of death if applicable level of educationAdditionally the leaked information brought up specific financial information related to accounts held with the Ecuadorian national bank Biess El Banco del Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social includingaccount statuscurrent balance in the accountamount financedcredit typelocation and contact information for the persons local Biess branch
