Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina's entire population

Re:Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina's enti... by inter_netuser on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @08:27AM (#28917344)

It's been a little while, so perhaps things have changed, but I was told that quite a bit of the data exists only on the card itself.

From your link it seems i was not entirely misinformed: "Contrary to popular belief, there is no central administration of resident registration in Germany. The exception is the registration of resident aliens (see Central Register of Foreign Nationals). Registration is organized by 5283 local offices throughout Germany.[18] "

I'm unable to find the part about cards. will edit or reply more if i do find it.

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Re:Hacker steals government ID database for Argentina's enti... by Semaphor on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @03:04AM (#28927647)

Looking into it again, it appears the residential registration is indeed decentralized, but most of that data seems to still be saved in a central database thanks to Abgabenordnung § 139b [0].

There is something about sharing that information, but I can’t say I understand the legalese ;)

[0]: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/ao_1977/__139b.html

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