If passed, the vote would force the ouster of three government ministers and could lead to the resignation of Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s Cabinet. It wouldn’t serve Sweden to throw the country into a political crisis" — Prime Minister Stefan Löfven

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven said that Anders Ygeman, the country's home affairs minister, and Anna Johansson, the infrastructure minister, had both resigned because of the scandal. Although it is not known if it caused any harm, it is one of the largest breaches of government information in Sweden in decades, which may threaten the Social Democrat-led coalition as opposition parties have said they could put the issue to a confidence vote, and on Tuesday ministers were grilled by parliament. They announced the move Wednesday, following last week's reports of a 2015 leak that allowed IT workers abroad to access confidential information in Swedish government and police databases when the Transport Agency outsourced some of its services to IBM in the Czech Republic. IBM in turn used subcontractors in several Eastern European countries – making sensitive information as well as an entire database on Swedish drivers' licences accessible by foreign technicians who had not gone through the usual security clearance checks. Opposition politicians on the parliamentary defence and justice committees on Tuesday honed in on reports that Hultqvist and Interior Minister Anders Ygeman knew about the suspicions in early 2016, but Infrastructure Minister Anna Johansson and Prime Minister Stefan Löfven were not informed until January this year.
Anna Johansson and Anders Ygeman resign in the wake of controversy surrounding a 2015 data leak of the Swedish Transport Agency.