Bulgaria ’s Finance Minister Ivan Goranov apologised on Tuesday after servers at the country 's tax agency were hacked at the end of June . In the first known major data breach in the country 's history , millions of taxpayers ’ financial information were thought to have been stolen , including income , social security and health care data . Someone claiming to be a Russian hacker offered access to the compromised servers and described the government as corrupt in an email to Bulgarian local media on Thursday . Bulgaria will now seek help from the EU cybersecurity agency to better protect its financial data .
Bulgaria’s Finance Minister Vladislav Goranov apologised on Tuesday after servers at the country's tax agency were hacked at the end of June. In the first known major data breach in the country's history, millions of taxpayers’ financial information were thought to have been stolen, including income, social security and health care figures. Someone claiming to be a Russian hacker offered access to the compromised data and described the government as corrupt in an email to Bulgarian local media on Monday. Bulgaria will now seek help from the EU cybersecurity agency to better protect its financial systems.