Data Breaches Affecting Brazilian and Peruvian Educational Institutions

• •Brazilian entities face a potential data breach of ~2.89 million records.
• •Peruvian university claims a leak of 13,899 student records.
• •Both incidents are unverified claims with no confirmed system compromises.

Two separate claims of data breaches involving educational institutions in Brazil and Peru have emerged. The first claim involves a leak of approximately 2.89 million records from the Santa Catarina State Secretariat of Education, CORIPA, and the Federal University of Acre, allegedly obtained through SQL injection and social engineering. The second claim pertains to a database of 13,899 student records from the Universidad Privada de Trujillo in Peru, with the authenticity of the data and the method of acquisition remaining unverified. Both incidents highlight the potential for phishing and account takeover attacks if the data is authentic. However, neither breach has been confirmed, and the reported figures and sample data have not been independently verified. The situation remains fluid, with no confirmed compromises of the institutions' systems as of now.