Leak of data belonging to 7.4 million Paraguayans traced back to infostealers therecord.media/data-leak…

Troves of data on effectively every Paraguayan citizen were stolen by hackers who infected a government employee’s device with infostealer malware, according to two security firms who examined the data.

Multiple dark web postings over the last month have offered for sale the personal information of 7.4 million Paraguayans following alleged breaches at several government agencies.

The data was initially discovered by researchers at the cybersecurity firm Resecurity, who said the hackers — known as Brigada Cyber PMC — were selling the information for $7.4 million.