Swedish Government Facing Confidence Vote Over Massive Data Leak Of Its Citizens

The Swedish prime minister said he did not want to spark a political crisis

The Independent: Sweden leaks details of almost all of its citizens in move that could bring down the government

The leak happened in 2015, but only emerged last week.

Sweden appears to have accidentally leaked the details of almost all of its citizens. And now it's getting worse.

The brewing scandal – based around a leak that actually happened in 2015 but only emerged last week – could see prominent members of Sweden's government removed from their post.

The leak allowed unvetted IT workers in other countries to see the details of people registered in Swedish government and police databases. It happened after the government looked to outsource data held by the Transport Agency, but did so in a way that allowed that information to be available to almost anyone, critics have claimed.

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WNU Editor: This is as bad as it gets. Apparently this leak happened in 2015, and they are only coming "clean" on it right now!!! The Swdish PM has accepted the resignations of two ministers, but has ruled out an early election. I do not know Swedish government procedure, but when a government loses a confidence vote, elections have to be called.

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