Guardian

INTERPOL and Korea launch second phase of global crackdown on digital piracy

March 19, 2025

Continuing the global fight against online piracy and associated crimes, a second phase of the INTERPOL-Stop Online Piracy (I-SOP) project has been launched. Cracking down on illegal online distribution platforms, [..]

Estonia

Money lost to scammers

October 17, 2024

Estonian police are investigating two cases of fraud In which two women were bilked out of some EUR 15,000 by scammers. A woman in the northeastern city of Kohtla-Järve received [..]

Latvia

Government websites facing intense cyber attacks

August 21, 2024

Due to intensive cyber attacks, the websites of the Unified Web Platform (TVP) periodically experience malfunctions – slow operation or inaccessibility of the sites, the Cabinet of Ministers informed LETA. [..]

Latvia

Police bust Kharkiv-based gang of scammers who also targeted Latvian citizens

August 13, 2024

The State Police together with Ukraine’s law enforcement authorities has busted a fraud scheme operated by an international gang of criminals based in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. The total losses caused [..]

Estonia

Estonian police warn of phishing scam posing as LHV bank communication

July 15, 2024

The Estonian police are warning about phishing emails that are designed to appear to be associated with LHV bank and its security services. “A phishing email is currently circulating, using [..]

Latvia

Clients of Latvia’s four largest banks were defrauded of EUR 8.432 million in first five months

June 27, 2024

Clients of Latvia’s four largest banks were defrauded of 8.432 million euros in the first five months of this year, by confirming payments themselves, which is 94.3 percent more than [..]

Latvia

Latvia ranked 20th in world-first Cybercrime Index

April 11, 2024

Following three years of intensive research, an international team of researchers have compiled the first ever World Cybercrime Index, which identifies the globe’s key cybercrime hotspots by ranking the most [..]

Lithuania

Hackers leak data data of around 20,000 Ignitis ON customers in Lithuania

February 12, 2024

Hackers on Sunday leaked the data of about 20,000 Ignitis ON customers, including their names, surnames, e-mail addresses, a list of user authentication tokens (RFID), as well as the license [..]

Estonia

Estonian co scammed for over EUR 12,000 in email fraud

December 19, 2023

The police are investigating a case on Estonia’s large western island of Hiiumaa that saw a fraudster intervene in the communication of two companies and swindle them out of over [..]

Estonia

Estonia: Investment scammers steal nearly EUR 13,000 from Saaremaa woman

October 5, 2023

A woman residing on Estonia’s large western Saaremaa island has fallen victim to an investment scam, suffering a financial setback of nearly 13,000 euros. On Wednesday, the police began investigating [..]