Lithuania Suspects Foreign Involvement in Data Leak of over 600,000 National Register Entries
Authorities suspect a foreign country accessed real estate and legal entity registers using authorized logins, prompting tighter cybersecurity measures and a resignation.
- Lithuanian authorities are investigating a massive data leak involving more than 600,000 entries from national registers, which officials believe a foreign country executed.
- Adrijus Jusas, head of the State Enterprise Centre of Registers, resigned Monday after investigators found hackers accessed real estate and legal entity registers using authorized login credentials.
- Authorities implemented immediate cybersecurity measures including blocking accounts and requiring credential updates, while concerns emerged that stolen data could expose addresses of intelligence officers, military personnel, and diplomats.
- Opposition politician Laurynas Kas alleged on Sunday the data theft is a Russian intelligence operation, though he offered no evidence for the claim.
- With a population of 2.9 million, Lithuania remains a primary target of Russia's hybrid war against Europe, which includes sabotage, arson, vandalism, and influence operations.
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The public has not been told what the leaked data contains.
The Lithuanian authorities are on maximum alert after a massive leak of data that has compromised more than 600,000 records in the national registers. Prosecutors suspect the involvement of a "foreign country", in the context in which the Baltic State is increasingly confronted with cyber attacks and hybrid threats attributed to Russia.
The Lithuanian authorities are in a state of maximum alert to cyber attacks after a massive data leak involving more than 600,000 records in national data registers, which the government says would be, in all likelihood, the work of another country, Euronews reports.
Lithuania has found itself in a major crisis after a massive data breach involving more than 600,000 entries from national registers. But how did the breach happen? The attack is believed to have been carried out by a foreign country, and authorities have already implemented additional cybersecurity measures.
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