Greek privacy watchdog fines Finance Ministry over major tax data theft

ATHENS, Greece -- Greece's Finance Ministry has been fined 150,000 euros ($200,000) by the country's privacy watchdog for allegedly failing to protect data on millions of taxpayers that ended up in the possession of private companies. The Data Protection Authority said Friday the ministry hadn't taken sufficient steps to protect its databases from unauthorized access. That led to ...

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