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Yeah, but the database contains occupation, address and potentially can be correlated with phone numbers. In a country where phone extortion and kidnappings are

Yeah, but the database contains occupation, address and potentially can be correlated with phone numbers. In a country where phone extortion and kidnappings are things that happen with surprising regularity. Keep in mind also that your voting ID card in Mexico is your primary identification, similar to driver licenses in the U.S. The data from this breach can allow someone to create a pretty good fake of any voting card, which may be used to impersonate people for: banking operations, government processes (that don´t require the CURP, our equivalent of a SSN) and yes, also during elections. Voter fraud might not be much of a problem in the U.S. in reality, but in Mexico it definitely is.

DannyBee 11y ago
"Yeah, but the database contains occupation, address and potentially can be correlated with phone numbers. " Err, the US database contains address as well. I remember when i used to run politics and elections products, we were basically the only company in the US to explicitly request they not give us names or anything we did not need (we were building street segment to voting location mapping)
- lazaroclapp 11y ago
  Yeah, but how often have you been called in the U.S., heard someone sobbing on the other end, then told by someone else that they have your family member and that they will hurt them if you don't send them money immediately? (99% of the time they have nobody and it is a phishing call, but with this information then suddenly it becomes an easier to convince people, among other things). I have answered that call. My mom has answered that call (and contacted me over another phone to make sure it was indeed a scam). My point is that what works on the U.S. and what is considered sensitive information in the U.S. might not match what is sensitive in other societies. My mailing address and phone number are relatively public while in the U.S., but back in Mexico I would never do it that way.

DannyBee 11y ago

"Yeah, but the database contains occupation, address and potentially can be correlated with phone numbers. " Err, the US database contains address as well. I remember when i used to run politics and elections products, we were basically the only company in the US to explicitly request they not give us names or anything we did not need (we were building street segment to voting location mapping)

lazaroclapp 11y ago
Yeah, but how often have you been called in the U.S., heard someone sobbing on the other end, then told by someone else that they have your family member and that they will hurt them if you don't send them money immediately? (99% of the time they have nobody and it is a phishing call, but with this information then suddenly it becomes an easier to convince people, among other things). I have answered that call. My mom has answered that call (and contacted me over another phone to make sure it was indeed a scam). My point is that what works on the U.S. and what is considered sensitive information in the U.S. might not match what is sensitive in other societies. My mailing address and phone number are relatively public while in the U.S., but back in Mexico I would never do it that way.