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    Some interesting peice of news from South America, a hacker calling himself "Anonymous Coward" managd to steal personal information of 6 million Chileans from the Educatin Ministry, the Electoral Services, and the Military servers.

    The hacking happened sometime Friday and was discovered and removed from public access Saturday.  Police Chief Jaime Jara confirmed that authorities were investigating the theft of the leaked data, which he said included identity card numbers, addresses, telephone numbers, e-mails and academic background.

    Among the data was a list of students who receive preferential public transportation rates which included one of the two presidential daughters.  The list however only contained a name, a school, and a picture.

    It is not also clear if any financial or banking information wsa lost in the att...more


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