{"id":28003,"date":"2021-12-22T13:36:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T12:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=28003"},"modified":"2021-12-22T13:36:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T12:36:55","slug":"massive-data-breach-wages-of-thousands-of-citizens-leaked-to-the-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/massive-data-breach-wages-of-thousands-of-citizens-leaked-to-the-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive data breach: Wages of thousands of citizens leaked to the public"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wages and personal IDs of thousands of citizens have been made public today in a massive data breach.<\/p>\n<p>After complaints were filed by a group of citizens regarding the publication of their personal data, Tirana\u2019s Prosecution began verifications.<\/p>\n<p>The Prosecution will officially ask the Directory of Taxes and the Institute of Income Taxes to begin verifying this leak in classified information.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews Albania has gotten ahold of the link that has been circulating on social media but can\u2019t made it public out of respect for protecting human rights and personal privacy.<\/p>\n<p>The link which is a word format was shared mainly through Whatsapp, and it provides names, last names, IDs, institutions where they are employed and their income.<\/p>\n<p>The lists include public and private institutions, which also include wages of high officials.<\/p>\n<p>This data leak comes only a few months after the massive list of \u2018Patrons\u2019, which showed that the Socialist Party kept detailed records of citizen\u2019s names and voting preferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wages and personal IDs of thousands of citizens have been made public today in a massive data breach. After complaints were filed by a group of citizens regarding the publication of their personal data, Tirana\u2019s Prosecution began verifications. 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