A hacker has been releasing embarrassing information about banks and state-owned firms in Latvia via Twitter.

"The information reveals that bankers failed to take promised salary cuts after their banks were forced to take a state hand-out to stay afloat," writes The Register's John Leyden. "Other juicy tidbits involve undisclosed bonuses to senior staff at supposedly near-destitute state-owned firms."

"The information reportedly came from tax documents filed with Latvian authorities by 1,000 firms and hacked into by the whistleblower, who may in fact be from Britain," Leyden writes.

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