Norway Leaks Tax Info of Every Citizen

It's hard to believe, but it's true. Norway's national tax office inadvertently sent the tax returns of all of its citizens - which includes tax ID numbers - to media outlets.

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September 17, 2008

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It's hard to believe, but it's true. Norway's national tax office inadvertently sent the tax returns of all of its 4.6 million citizens - including tax ID numbers - to media outlets.

According to "one report that I read, the tax return information is open the public, but tax ID numbers are secret.

Supposedly the data files can only be opened by someone who knows the password key. I guess we'll find out soon enough whether that's true or not.

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