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A Brazilian federal system exposed records for more than 200 million people

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A discovered vulnerability gave access to records containing identity documents, addresses and other personal information, including witness-protection status. The disclosure highlights the stakes of security testing in systems holding national-scale data.

What

A researcher found a vulnerability in 2020 that gave access to records for people across Brazil’s federal system; he says he did not exfiltrate data.

How

The researcher says AI capabilities are now a real security concern, especially when labs run evaluations or training without proper safeguards.

Why it matters

Engineers building AI systems need to account for capability risks even when safeguards are disabled or absent.

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