Personal information of almost half the national population of Chile was leaked on the Internet at about 1:30 AM CLT on Saturday, May 10th.

The names, addresses, academic and social status information along with other details were uploaded to the popular file-sharing website, rapidshare.com and a Chilean file sharing site, compartelo.cl. The download links to three files were posted on the public forums on FayerWayer.com, the popular Chilean technology blog.

The information is reportedly obtained from Government bodies: the Dirección General de Movilización Nacional (Directorate of National Mobilization) – DGMN, the Servicio Electoral (Electoral Service) – SERVEL, the Ministry of Education – Mineduc. It also contains over 2 million telephone records for 849 cities in Chile

According to the conservative Chilean news agency, El Mercurio, police are still investigating the leaked information to confirm the hacker’s claims.

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