How Bulgaria got hacked

Data of almost every adult in the Balkan nation has been stolen in tax agency breach

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The government of Bulgaria has revealed that a major data breach of servers at its national tax agency may have affected more than five million people - in a country with a total population of just 7.1 million.

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