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The personal data from hundreds of thousands of Swedes who leaked from the system supplier environmental data has now been published on Darknet, according to IT security expert Karl Emil Nikka. The personal data from hundreds of thousands of Swedes who leaked from the system supplier environmental data has now been published on Darknet.File image The extortion group threatened to publish information just on Sunday, TV4 News previously reported.IT security expert Karl Emil Nikka from the Theft Protection Association has now conducted a sample against the published data to check that it is actually correct.- I check if the information I find in the database matches what I can find public, he tells TT. Advertisement The information includes, among other things, social security numbers, telephone numbers, address and employment ID.According to Karl Emil Nikka, there are just over a million affected. Advertisement - This is a huge data leak with many hundreds of thousands of individuals' personal data that has leaked, but it seems that it is primarily public information, he says. "Increased risk" The leak, on the other hand, means that there is now contact information in the form of email addresses and telephone numbers.- Now there is an increased risk of net fishing attacks.Persons with protected data were not in the environmental data's system and have not been cleared, as previously stated.However, IT expert Jens Nylander tells TV4 News that protected information should also be included in the leak.He has been able to identify at least 200 individuals who have had their protected information cleared.- Of course, it can be a large dark figure because there may be people here with fingered tasks.It is a little difficult to know at present.But it is not zero that has been claimed before, he tells TV4. Scares the victims The attackers first demanded paid so as not to publish the personal data.Karl Emil Nikka says it is professional attackers who have a reputation that they need to care for.- They scare the victims with their previous history.They have not leaked this particular data to make money from it but to be able to make money when blackmail. Advertisement Advertisement