{"id":28194,"date":"2021-12-24T16:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T15:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=28194"},"modified":"2021-12-24T16:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T15:45:16","slug":"leaked-payslips-it-head-at-national-information-agency-steps-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/leaked-payslips-it-head-at-national-information-agency-steps-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked payslips, IT head at National Information Agency resigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After the massive data breach that included the publication of hundreds of thousands of payslips and other sensitive information of Albanian citizens, the head of the operative system at the National Agency of Information has stepped down.<\/p>\n<p>The personal information of over 690 thousand Albanian citizens is being passed around all over social media in the form of an Excel file and is easily accessible by anyone. The database contains citizens&#8217; names, last names, workplaces, phone numbers, and personal IDs.<\/p>\n<p>The Prosecution has announced that it is investigating the scandal, which represents the second data leak for 2021, after the first one dubbed \u2018Patrons list\u2019 which was allegedly kept by members of the Socialist Party called Patrons, and included the leak of personal information of hundreds of thousands of Albanian citizens and their voting preferences.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, yet another database of sensitive information was leaked, containing license plates, car models, owners, and personal IDs, thus deepening the already aggravated privacy crisis in our country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/24\/another-list-containing-license-plates-has-been-leaked\/\">Another list containing license plates has been leaked<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/good-morning\/2021\/12\/24\/legal-expert-says-liability-for-wage-leak-falls-on-institution-holding-lists\/\">Legal expert says liability for wage leak falls on institution in possession of the lists<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/12\/23\/a-second-list-of-salaries-is-circulating-including-names-and-phone-numbers\/\">Second list has been leaked, including phone numbers and April salaries<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu28183\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the massive data breach that included the publication of hundreds of thousands of payslips and other sensitive information of Albanian citizens, the head of the operative system at the National Agency of Information has stepped down. The personal information of over 690 thousand Albanian citizens is being passed around all over social media in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":28195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Leaked payslips, IT head at National Information Agency resigns - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/leaked-payslips-it-head-at-national-information-agency-steps-down\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leaked payslips, IT head at National Information Agency resigns - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After the massive data breach that included the publication of hundreds of thousands of payslips and other sensitive information of Albanian citizens, the head of the operative system at the National Agency of Information has stepped down. 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