SOFIA (Reuters) - A cybersecurity expert accused of involvement in hacking the personal data of millions of Bulgarian taxpayers was conditionally released on Wednesday after prosecutors downgraded charges against him.
Bulgarian Kristian Boykov was arrested on Tuesday, a day after the country's biggest ever data breach came to light in emails to local media from someone purporting to be a Russian hacker and offering stolen tax agency files.
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