Moldova suspects state actor behind major cyberattack on government databases
Moldova says a major cyberattack has hit government databases, with authorities suspecting a state actor was behind the breach. Prime Minister Vasile Tofan said the attacks targeted civic registration systems and forced him to cancel a planned trip to Brussels. He joined the Enlargement Summit by video link instead, as officials dealt with the fallout from the incident.Tofan said hackers gained access to citizens' personal identification numbers and that about 750,000 data sets were extracted from the databases. He said authorities had received early warnings about the attacks, but stopped short of naming any suspect. The prime minister said the... [Continue Reading]
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