Thousands of personal data on the wane after miss

Thousands of personal data have gone astray. An officer at the Tax Agency in Malmö accidentally emailed an attachment with over 7,700 social security numbers – to the wrong person. Now the consequence risks being potential identity theft and fraud according to the report, reports P4 Malmöhus.

The miss occurred in mid-August and has now been reported to the privacy protection authority, IMY.

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