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Expert: Stolen data now leaked on Darknet

Published on September 14, 2025

Next clip: The expert on how customs affected the freight sector: "Not quite badly as feared" Next clip: The expert on how customs affected the freight sector: "Not quite badly as feared" Next clip: The expert on how customs affected the freight sector: "Not quite badly as feared" - Now there is an increased risk of net fishing attacks. 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. Advertisement The extortion group threatened to publish information just on Sunday, TV4 reported the news on Saturday.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. No protected information The information includes, among other things, social security numbers, telephone numbers, address and employment ID.People with protected data were not in the environmental data's system and have not been cleared. - It makes it a little less serious, he says, adding: - 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. 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. 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. It was on August 23 that parts of environmental data were subjected to an IT attack.80 percent of Sweden's municipalities use the supplier and in the system, among other things, labor law cases, rehabilitation cases and handling of work injuries and incidents are handled. Jonas Axelson, IT and Information Security Consultant at CAG Security, also confirms for TT that the data has been published.