Lithuania investigates theft of 600,000 state registry records by foreign actor

(Daryna Antoniuk – The Record) Lithuanian prosecutors are investigating a major data breach affecting the country’s state registry systems that potentially exposed sensitive personal and property records. The Lithuanian Prosecutor General’s Office said Friday that attackers gained unauthorized access to more than 600,000 records managed by the Centre of Registers, the state agency responsible for handling property and legal entity records. Prosecutors said the breach involved the misuse of login credentials assigned to institutions authorized to access the databases, and likely originated from an unnamed foreign country.According to the authorities, the stolen information primarily came from Lithuania’s Real Estate and Legal Entities Registers, databases that provide paid access to official property and corporate records. Initial estimates put the financial damage at more than €111,000 ($129,000). – Lithuania investigates theft of 600,000 state registry records by foreign actor | The Record from Recorded Future News