So this scandal is about a private company that was managing Sweden's security data but it was revealed that the deal was terribly bad made, thus threatening the data of the swedish government and swedish citizens, right?
A bit more complex. The crime is that an agency executive decided not to follow the country's laws. The political issues are that the ministers are accused of acting too late against this and that they did not inform Parliament's Committee of these wrongdoings and the fact that confidential information was available to foreignerns without security clearance.
The starting point is quite rightly what you mention. In 2011, the National Audit Office recommended that more of the Swedish state's IT was outsourced to save money. A recommendation that the Reinfeldt goverment obviously agreed with, and which several government department and agencies then started to pursue. In 2015, i.e. after the change of goverment, the Transport Agency as a part of this plan decide to pursue the outsourcing of the vehicle register (including many military vehicles) and the driver's license register. However, the Transport Agency's chief executive Maria Ågren was frustated by the process being hampered by different laws and regulations regarding IT security and the handling of personal information, so she decided that the agency should stop following these laws to make the process run smoother! This meant that IBM technicians in Czechia and Serbia without security clearance had access to confidential information. The Swedish security police found out about this and pushed to stop the process, at first without success. Both the Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist and Minister of Home Affairs Anders Ygeman were informed about this in early 2016. The same was officials in the Transport Ministry, although the Minister Anna Johannsson claims she only got the information herself much later. The Agency' executive Ågren was fired in January 2017, and when media found out why she was fired, the ball started to roll. At no point was parliament informed about the security breach nor the fact that a agency executive willingly broke the law, which is why the Alliance and Sweden Democrats have declared no confidence in the three ministers.
Shameful attitude by the government. Why didn't Lofven dismissed these 3 ministers? That is quite puzzling... Nonetheless, and contrary to other countries, i hope someone is held accountable.
