In systemic breach, hackers steal millions of Bulgarians’ financial data


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 17 Jul 2019

A police car passes past Bulgaria's National Revenue Agency building in Sofia, Bulgaria, July 16, 2019. REUTERS/Dimitar Kyosemarliev

SOFIA: Bulgaria's finance minister apologised to the country on July 16 after admitting hackers had stolen millions of taxpayers' financial data in an attack that one researcher said may have compromised nearly every adult's personal records.

The breach of servers at the tax agency (NRA) happened at the end of June and an official there said it was probably carried out from abroad. A person claiming to be a Russian hacker emailed local media on Monday offering access to the stolen data.

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