The systems that no one will test
This happened to me in 2020, and it has been on my mind again lately. During the worst of the pandemic, I found a vulnerability in a system that gave me access to the Brazilian federal system, and with that access I was able to retrieve information on any Brazilian (think of 200+ million people
Summary
A security researcher reflects on discovering a significant vulnerability in Brazil’s federal system during the pandemic, which allowed access to sensitive information on over 200 million citizens. The piece raises critical concerns about the security of governmental systems and the implications of untested vulnerabilities.
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