It's gone now, but apparently the Italian government posted everyone's salaries online in an attempt at "transparency and democracy." Though it was actually due to other reasons. A privacy watchdog group had them take the site down within a few hours, but that's plenty of time for people to take a peek or grab the data. Apparently it's really all due to some political drama going on in Italy:

[Outgoing prime minister Romano] Prodi's tax minister, Vincenzo Visco, often dubbed 'Dracula' by his detractors, said the website was meant to go live in January but was delayed until now to avoid clashing with the campaign for the April 13-14 election.

"It's all about transparency and democracy. I don't see the problem," Visco was quoted as saying on Corriere della Sera's website.

Guido Crosetto, a member of [incoming prime minister Silvio] Berlusconi's party, said the move was the last spiteful measure of the defeated centre left before it hands over power next week. "It's a very strange thing to do on the last day before clearing off," he said.