Dutch man arrested for stealing data on nearly every Austrian citizen

Also holds data from Italy, the Netherlands and Colombia

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An employee of an IT firm in Vienna apparently left the data online after doing work for Gebühren Info Service GmbH
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An employee of an IT firm in Vienna apparently left the data online after doing work for Gebühren Info Service GmbH

Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested a man for collecting and attempting to sell personal information on practically every Austrian citizen.

The 25-year-old individual, whose identity has not yet been made public, was detained in an Amsterdam flat in November 2022, according to information released on Wednesday by Austria's Federal Crim...

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