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Lithuanian fintech company survives cyberattack

The Lithuanian-based financial technology company Paysera announced on Saturday that it had fully restored services in the wake of a cyberattack that was waged on Friday. “We apologise to our [..]

Fixed home loan interest rates could become cheaper than floating rates

Although last week alone, the security filters of Telia Estonia blocked nearly a million cyberattacks from assets located mainly in the United States, Poland and Canada, there’s an increasing number [..]

Telia survey: Growing numbers of Estonian businesses consider cyber attack unlikely

Although last week alone, the security filters of Telia Estonia blocked nearly a million cyberattacks from assets located mainly in the United States, Poland and Canada, there’s an increasing number [..]

Cyber threats to remain at current levels or even increase slightly in the coming years – Tele2

In the coming years, cyber threats will remain at the current level or even slightly increase, Valdis Vancovics, Chairman of the Board of the mobile operator Tele2, told LETA in [..]

Latvia ranked 20th in world-first Cybercrime Index

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 [..]

Half of the population in Latvia lacks knowledge about cyber security risks – survey

Almost half or 49 percent of the population in Latvia do not know how to protect themselves in the digital environment, or their knowledge is incomplete, according to a survey [..]

Cabinet supports draft National Cybersecurity Law

The Cabinet of Ministers on Tuesday supported the draft National Cybersecurity Law, which aims to improve cybersecurity in Latvia, as well as to transpose the requirements of the revised European [..]

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

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 [..]

Estonian Natl Audit Office: Server rooms of state institutions need better protection

Although basic security measures are generally implemented in the server rooms and supporting technical rooms of state institutions, risks arising from unsuitable microclimate, fire, water leakage or insufficient security should [..]

Lithuania’s LRU to invite IT, military experts to partake in cyber security hackathon

Kaunas University of Technology’s Santaka Valley in Lithuania’s second-largest city of Kaunas will host the largest Baltic cyber defense and security innovation hackathon on October 20-22, the Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union [..]