The number of hybrid disinformation and cyber attacks in Lithuania is rising and they are becoming bolder and more advanced as more resources and forces are being allocated for them, cyber security specialists have warned in their annual report.
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Rapid response teams for cyber operations are being set up from civilians in Lithuania's defense system.
Cyber attacks against information systems of Lithuania's state institutions were committed by three underage individuals, including two citizens of Lithuania and a Dane, the Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office said.
Lithuania's criminal police has closed the investigation of the cyber attacks against websites of state institutions.
Enhancement of European capacities against cyber threats has to be among top priorities of the community, Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis said at a meeting of the EU Defense ministers in Brussels.
Lithuania's intelligence institutions on Monday published the traditional report of national security threats. BNS Lithuania presents the six key threats listed in the document:
Speaking at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on Friday, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius emphasized the importance of stepping up defense in the face of the challenges posed by Russia.
The Lithuanian parliament's board met with military intelligence officers in Vilnius on Wednesday, focusing on threats of cyber attacks, Parliamentary Speaker Viktoras Pranckietis has said.
The number of attempts to f ind devices with unsafe Internet access with the aim of using them for cyber attacks has risen by a factor of five in Lithuania in 2016.
The government's input in Lithuania's cyber security is lacking, President Dalia Grybauskaitė said after meeting with the new Cabinet on Wednesday.
Lithuania's police has reported a major breakthrough in the investigation of wide-range cyber attacks conducted against websites of the country's institutions last spring.
Lithuania's state institutions are subjected to thousands of attempted cyber attacks on a daily basis, including hundreds constituting a medium threat and at least 5 percent constituting a serious threat, says Rimtautas Černiauskas, director of the National Cyber Security Center.
