The Dutch Finance Ministry said it has restricted access to some of its computer systems after detecting a hack on 19 March.
It said the breach affected a number of primary processes related to the work of some employees in the policy department.
It said it has begun an investigation, and added that services for citizens and businesses related to the tax service, customs and benefits are not affected.
Last month criminals hacked Dutch telecom provider Odido, T-Mobile’s former Dutch operation, and stole the personal data of 6 million customers, in one of the largest attacks carried out in the country.
Some of the data, which included names, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, bank account numbers, birth dates and passport numbers, was published online by the hackers after Odido refused to pay a ransom.
“Odido came to the decision not to engage in negotiations with these criminals or submit to their attempts at blackmail,” the company said at the time.
It said it believed the group ShinyHunters was behind the hack, naming an online gang that was linked to damaging hacks last year on Marks & Spencer , Jaguar Land Rover and others.
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