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Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 12:21:30 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n \t\t\t\t \t \t\t\t\t\tby<\/span> \t\t\tDanny Bradbury<\/a>\t\t \t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<\/use><\/svg><\/a><\/li>\n<\/use><\/svg><\/a><\/li>\n<\/use><\/svg><\/a><\/li>\n<\/use><\/svg><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nData on millions of people stolen from the Bulgarian government has already popped up on hacker trading forums.<\/p>\nA hacker originally stole the data from the National Revenue Agency (NRA), which is part of Bulgaria\u2019s Ministry of Finance, sending media outlets a link to the downloadable copy last Monday, 15 July 2019. The NRA confirmed this in a statement<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\nAfter analysing the leak, it said that the data had been stolen around three weeks before. The hacker had accessed only 3% of its systems, it said in an update<\/a> the following day.<\/p>\nZDNet learned<\/a> that a hacker known as Instakiller obtained the documents after a local TV outlet displayed a link to the file. It was password protected, but the hacker gave it to members of a forum, who cracked the password within hours.<\/p>\nAccording to local media reports, data came from sources including the Employment Agency, Bulgarian Excise Centralized Information System, and the National Health Insurance Fund, alongside the NRA.<\/p>\nAside from names, addresses and other personal details, the data included several hundred thousand photographs of citizens’ faces. The hacker sent media 57 compromised databases totalling 10.5GB but claimed to have 110 databases amounting to over 20GB. The hacker told media<\/a> (translated):<\/p>\n\nMore than five million Bulgarian and foreign citizens as well as companies are affected<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Data on millions of people stolen from the Bulgarian government has already popped up on hacker trading forums.<\/p>\n
A hacker originally stole the data from the National Revenue Agency (NRA), which is part of Bulgaria\u2019s Ministry of Finance, sending media outlets a link to the downloadable copy last Monday, 15 July 2019. The NRA confirmed this in a statement<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\nAfter analysing the leak, it said that the data had been stolen around three weeks before. The hacker had accessed only 3% of its systems, it said in an update<\/a> the following day.<\/p>\nZDNet learned<\/a> that a hacker known as Instakiller obtained the documents after a local TV outlet displayed a link to the file. It was password protected, but the hacker gave it to members of a forum, who cracked the password within hours.<\/p>\nAccording to local media reports, data came from sources including the Employment Agency, Bulgarian Excise Centralized Information System, and the National Health Insurance Fund, alongside the NRA.<\/p>\nAside from names, addresses and other personal details, the data included several hundred thousand photographs of citizens’ faces. The hacker sent media 57 compromised databases totalling 10.5GB but claimed to have 110 databases amounting to over 20GB. The hacker told media<\/a> (translated):<\/p>\n\nMore than five million Bulgarian and foreign citizens as well as companies are affected<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
After analysing the leak, it said that the data had been stolen around three weeks before. The hacker had accessed only 3% of its systems, it said in an update<\/a> the following day.<\/p>\nZDNet learned<\/a> that a hacker known as Instakiller obtained the documents after a local TV outlet displayed a link to the file. It was password protected, but the hacker gave it to members of a forum, who cracked the password within hours.<\/p>\nAccording to local media reports, data came from sources including the Employment Agency, Bulgarian Excise Centralized Information System, and the National Health Insurance Fund, alongside the NRA.<\/p>\nAside from names, addresses and other personal details, the data included several hundred thousand photographs of citizens’ faces. The hacker sent media 57 compromised databases totalling 10.5GB but claimed to have 110 databases amounting to over 20GB. The hacker told media<\/a> (translated):<\/p>\n\nMore than five million Bulgarian and foreign citizens as well as companies are affected<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
ZDNet learned<\/a> that a hacker known as Instakiller obtained the documents after a local TV outlet displayed a link to the file. It was password protected, but the hacker gave it to members of a forum, who cracked the password within hours.<\/p>\nAccording to local media reports, data came from sources including the Employment Agency, Bulgarian Excise Centralized Information System, and the National Health Insurance Fund, alongside the NRA.<\/p>\nAside from names, addresses and other personal details, the data included several hundred thousand photographs of citizens’ faces. The hacker sent media 57 compromised databases totalling 10.5GB but claimed to have 110 databases amounting to over 20GB. The hacker told media<\/a> (translated):<\/p>\n\nMore than five million Bulgarian and foreign citizens as well as companies are affected<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
According to local media reports, data came from sources including the Employment Agency, Bulgarian Excise Centralized Information System, and the National Health Insurance Fund, alongside the NRA.<\/p>\n
Aside from names, addresses and other personal details, the data included several hundred thousand photographs of citizens’ faces. The hacker sent media 57 compromised databases totalling 10.5GB but claimed to have 110 databases amounting to over 20GB. The hacker told media<\/a> (translated):<\/p>\n\nMore than five million Bulgarian and foreign citizens as well as companies are affected<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\nMore than five million Bulgarian and foreign citizens as well as companies are affected<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
More than five million Bulgarian and foreign citizens as well as companies are affected<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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