Lithuania Investigates Leak of More Than 600,000 National Register Entries
Summary
Lithuanian authorities say more than 600,000 entries from real estate and legal-entity registers were leaked using credentials of authorized institutions. They suspect foreign involvement but have not named a country.
Key points
- Authorities said the leak involved more than 600,000 entries, primarily from real estate and legal-entity registers.
- The registers were accessed using login credentials belonging to institutions authorized to receive the data.
- Prosecutors suspect a foreign country was involved but have not identified it.
- A politician alleged the incident may be a Russian intelligence operation but offered no evidence.
- Authorities blocked accounts of suspected data users and required credential updates; the head of the State Enterprise Centre of Registers resigned.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- State Enterprise Centre of Registers
- Victim Domain
- Unknown
- Incident Type
- Data leak involving access to national registers using credentials of institutions authorized to receive the data; foreign involvement is suspected but not established.
- Data Types Exposed
- Real estate register entries
- Legal-entity register entries
- Addresses of intelligence officers, military personnel, diplomats, or politicians were warned as potentially accessed, but this was not confirmed.
- Affected Records
- More than 600,000 register entries
- Operational Impact
- Authorities blocked accounts of suspected data users and restricted access pending credential updates. The head of the State Enterprise Centre of Registers, Adrijus Jusas, resigned following the leak.
- Ransom Or Extortion
- Unknown
- Claim Status
- confirmed