Cyberattack hits Liechtenstein’s register of people behind companies and foundations
The breach hit a registry used to fight money laundering and terror financing, and investigators say hackers stole data tied to about 31,000 entities.
- On Thursday, July 30, a cyberattack compromised data of 31,000 individuals within Liechtenstein's register of economic beneficiaries, prompting the government to take the system offline immediately.
- Liechtenstein, a nation of 40,000 people between Switzerland and Austria, relies on a financial industry central to its economy and maintains the register to combat money laundering and terror financing.
- Authorities confirmed the register was accessed at night from Wednesday, July 29, into Thursday, July 30, with the government implementing measures to secure data and taking the system offline.
- A crisis team led by Prime Minister Brigitte Haas and Justice Minister Emanuel Schadler was established over the weekend to investigate the breach and inform those affected.
- The government reported no indications that data was altered or deleted, while the register remains critical to efforts to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing.
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Following the event, the Government established a crisis committee, disconnected other sensitive data systems from the network and is subjecting its systems to security checks
Hackers have stolen data from 31,000 companies, foundations and trustees in Liechtenstein's registry of economic rights holders. They are said to have conducted the case with a high level of technical sophistication, according to the ongoing investigation.A cyberattack targeted the registry of economic rights holders of the Liechtenstein Office of Justice on the night of 29-30 July.It was conducted with a high level of technical sophistication.T…
After the theft of 31,000 data sets in Liechtenstein, the state government of the Principality announced details of the coup on Tuesday: it was a targeted attack, the perpetrators used a specially created user account. Financial data should not be affected. According to the Liechtenstein state government, it was a "targeted, technically advanced attack" on the "directory of economically authorized persons" (VwbP). According to this, the perpetra…
Liechtenstein hackers did not get financial data, government says
ZURICH, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Hackers who last week stole data from a Liechtenstein register of thousands of companies, foundations and trusts spent several hours inside the system, though it did not contain financial information, the principality's gove...
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