On January 15, 2015, the IFAI announced (source document in Spanish) a preliminary investigation into the vulnerabilities of a database of personal information belonging to credit card retailer Liverpool. On December 24, 2014, Liverpool, the third largest issuer of credit cards in Mexico, publicly disclosed (source document in Spanish) that cybercriminals accessed the company's personnel email accounts and clients' personal information.

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