Cyberattack Disrupts Romania’s ANCPI Cadastre Systems; Algerian Group Reportedly Claims Responsibility
Summary
ANCPI says a cyberattack has taken its systems, including the e-Terra cadastre application, offline. The agency says its data was not compromised; a group from Algeria reportedly claimed the attack, and an investigation is underway.
Key points
- ANCPI reported that its IT systems have been unavailable since Tuesday, including the e-Terra cadastre and land-registry application and official email.
- The agency says its databases are safe and were not compromised.
- ANCPI estimated e-Terra would likely remain unavailable until the end of the week.
- The outage affects ANCPI offices and people and organizations needing land-registry extracts or registrations, including notaries, banks and property developers.
- Authorities are investigating; ANCPI has not disclosed the attack method or identified the perpetrators.
- Euronews reported that a hacker group from Algeria claimed responsibility; this claim is not independently confirmed in the article.
Article Details
- Victim Organization
- Agenția Națională de Cadastru și Publicitate Imobiliară (ANCPI)
- Incident Type
- Cyberattack causing an outage of the institution's information systems
- Operational Impact
- All systems administered by ANCPI, including the e-Terra cadastral and land-registration application and official email addresses, were unavailable from Tuesday, 14 July. The outage disrupted ANCPI offices and affected notaries, court enforcement officers, banks, real-estate developers, and others needing land-register extracts or transaction registrations. Restoration was expected after security checks, likely by the end of that week.
- Claim Status
- confirmed