A large amount of sensitive information allegedly coming from a Swedish government IT system has been posted on the darknet, according to Dagens Nyheter and Expressen.
DN writes that the newspaper has taken note of the leak and that it appears to contain the source code for a digital identity management system used by several authorities. In addition, it is reported that personal data is for sale. The suspected data breach targeted an IT company working on behalf of Swedish authorities. The data was uploaded to the darknet on Thursday evening.
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Source: Swedish Herald News
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