Data breach at major Swedish software supplier impacts 1.5M
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·November 4, 2025toomuchtodo
SiempreViernes
Then nobody paid and pii was published, now an integrity agency is starting an investigation
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/integritetsmyndigheten-in...
cncrndnetizen
Yet another sign that governments and corporations should support SECURE programming language development and treat it like other (critical) infrastructure.
alistairSH
Is there any indication this breach was related to the language used? Or was it something "higher level" like unsecured DB or S3 bucket or similar?
marginalia_nu
Most of the Swedish public sector runs on Java. Problem is it's, like public infrastructure in general, more attractive to build than to maintain.
Doesn't matter what language you use if you don't actually maintain the software.
pksebben
It matters at least a little. Ceteris parabus, I'd prefer unmaintained rust code over unmaintained java.
That said, I'd also prefer maintained java over unmaintained rust, so I do see your point.
vbezhenar
PHP was developed 30 years ago.
Miljödata is an IT systems supplier for roughly 80% of Sweden's municipalities. The company disclosed the incident on August 25, saying that the attackers stole data and demanded 1.5 Bitcoin to not leak it.
Related:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/it-system-sup...
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/cyberattack-i-datasystem-...