A hacker based in the Netherlands has accessed and offered to sell full Name, address and date of Birth of Almost everyone in Austria, police said Wednesday.
A user believed to be the hacker provided the data for a discount in a online forum in May 2020, and submit it as “ full name / gender, complete Address and date of Birth of Every citizen assumes in Austria, the police said in The statement added that the investigators confirmed its authenticity.
The group consists of nearly nine million groups of Data police said. Austria population approximately 9.1 million. was the hacker also Developed “similar datasets” from Italy, the Netherlands and Colombia up for Austrian police said they had no further details.
Austrian information The so-called registration data – basic information including current Address that population required for submission to the authorities.
Because this data was free available on Internet, it must be fully assumed that this registration data, in full or in irreversible part in the hands of the police said unknown people Thought she paid for data.
The 25year- old suspect was arrested in The Amsterdam apartment is known for international Austrian police said he is under investigation by Dutch police and judicial authorities. Spokesman added The statement was published now only so as not to hinder those investigations.
The police did not elaborate on Results for Austrian data security.
