{"id":33081,"date":"2020-12-09T12:56:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T10:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=33081"},"modified":"2025-08-28T12:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T09:03:53","slug":"data-leak-in-moscow-exposes-personal-data-of-300000-people-who-had-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/data-leak-in-moscow-exposes-personal-data-of-300000-people-who-had-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Data leak in Moscow exposes personal data of 300,000 people who had Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Personal data of 300,000 Muscovites who had recovered from Covid-19 has been made publicly accessible. The leak is the largest since the start of the pandemic, according to<\/a> the Telegram channel Baza.<\/p>\n

The tables include full names, year of birth, registered address, and patients\u2019 mobile numbers. Some records also reveal passport details.<\/p>\n

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Data: Baza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The source of the leak has not yet been established. Baza suggested that the information may have been stolen from a medical worker\u2019s computer. Access to this information is also available to the Moscow City Services Committee.<\/p>\n

City hall officials are investigating the incident and conducting cleanup operations in Telegram channels where databases are being circulated.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> The head of Moscow\u2019s Department of Information Technologies, Eduard Lysenko, said the leak did not occur as a result of hacking, but due to human error<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to him, the employees who handled official documents allowed the transfer of these files to third parties.<\/p>\n

Readovka, after studying the leak data, concluded that Moscow authorities are underreporting<\/a> the number of cases by at least a factor of 1.5.<\/p>\n

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Data: Readovka.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Earlier, the Moscow mayor’s office announced a tender to develop a system for creating digital profiles of residents<\/a> for 280 million rubles.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the nongovernmental organization Freedom House prepared a report on how the pandemic is killing internet freedom:<\/p>\n

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How the pandemic is killing freedom on the internet: a Freedom House report<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n