The Sofia Globe reports:
The scandal in Bulgaria about illicit use of personal data by some political parties to file election registration applications has highlighted the lack of security of official personal identity numbers.
Such numbers, commonly known by their Bulgarian abbreviation as EGNs, can be found on the internet, such as on lists of lawyers, business people and people in various professions whose data are – for one reason or another – posted online.
Media reports noted that data including not only the EGN but also the precise addresses of people in a number of professions can be found, in some cases requiring the downloading of a file but in others merely by following a link.
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