Hackers Post 1M Danish Government Business Records to Net

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

This one might be best classified as a 'revenue loss'.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/238574/hackers_post_1m_danish_government_business_records_to_net.html

One million records from a business database maintained by the Danish
government were posted to the Internet Sunday by an unknown hacker. In
a message posted to The Pirate Bay website, the hacker declared the
records were being exposed on the Internet as a protest against the
government using public funds to process the records in question, then
charging the public to access them.

The Danish records were available via a Bittorrent file and posted to
the pirate website. The records were not remarkable when it comes to
content; rather, they contain snapshots of Danish companies, according
to the hacker. The database can be browsed at the government's Central
Business Register website, but is "not available in bulk unless you
purchase a license."

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