Ecuador Ministry of Health COVID-19 Data Breach 2023
The national epidemiological and COVID-19 patient surveillance database operated by Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health (Ministerio de Salud Pública - MSP) suffered unauthorized access and exfiltration, subsequent to which it was circulated across cybercrime archives in 2023.
Exposed Data Types
1 sensitive7- Health records
- Government issued IDs
- Names
- Dates of birth
- Genders
- Physical addresses
- Phone numbers
About This Record
The exposed datasets contain approximately 670,000 patient records. Compromised information fields include citizen national identity card numbers (Cédula de Identidad), full names, dates of birth, age, residential home addresses, telephone numbers, clinical visit timestamps, diagnosis information, and attending healthcare practitioners' names.
The exposure of statutory identity numbers alongside sensitive medical consultation history creates heightened risks of medical privacy violations, healthcare fraud, and targeted social engineering schemes.
Citizens of Ecuador are urged to remain cautious regarding unsolicited communications requesting personal or medical data under the guise of public health notifications.
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