Brazil's National Treasury reports unauthorised access to 30,000 records and 4,000 Pix keys

Brazil's National Treasury reported on the night of Thursday, November 12 that on the 4th it recorded «unauthorised access to personal data» in databases in its technology environment, according to the statement reproduced by Convergência Digital.

According to the Treasury, the incident reached about 30 thousand records in the e-Serviços system, the portal used to request and track the agency's services, with name, CPF taxpayer number and email address. Also affected was an internal analytics database with some 4 thousand Pix keys of federal government payment beneficiaries, exposing the recipient's key and data on payments made.

The agency warns that the data could be used to make fraudulent contacts more convincing and advises caution with messages asking for personal information, passwords or payments. It says there was no financial impact and that no core Treasury system was affected. It has not explained how the access occurred or who is behind it.

Developing story: the statement has only been read through Convergência Digital; the notice on the National Treasury's website or a second independent source confirming the figures is still needed.