2017 — Swedish Transport Agency: Information about all vehicles in the country…

2017 3.0M records affected

Technical writeup

Jul 2017. Information about all vehicles in the country (including military and police), made available to IT workers who hadn't been through usual security checks. The question of whether or not Sweden's national security was harmed is censored in the S√§po (Sweden's security police) report.

Root cause

Poor security

References

https://www.thelocal.se/20170717/swedish-authority-handed-over-keys-to-the-kingdom-in-it-security-slip-up