Personal details of ‘practically the whole adult population’ of entire country stolen

The personal details of almost every adult in Bulgaria have been leaked as part of a huge cyber attack.

Millions of taxpayers’ private and financial data was part of the hack, officials said.

The data was stolen from Bulgaria’s NRA tax agency, which could now face a subsantial fine over the data breach. It is the biggest ever to hit the Balkan country, affecting almost every single adult among the 7 million poeple who live in the country.

Officials say they have arrested a 20-year-old cyber security worker on suspicion of being involved with the attack.

Yavor Kolev, head of the police’s cybersecurity unit, said the unidentified man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon. Officers raided his home and office in the capital Sofia and seized computer devices containing encrypted data.