cyber attack

The Lithuanian Radio and Television Commission (LRTK) has announced its official website was taken down by hackers on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informs that it has not issued a press release claiming that the Foreign Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius called on the EU to create European peacekeeping forces and deploy them to Belarus.

A cyber incident last year threatened to disrupt the supply of water in Lithuania's second-biggest city of Kaunas, according to a report released on Thursday.

Six European countries on Wednesday plan to sign an agreement on the creation of the Lithuanian-led European Union Cyber Rapid Response Teams (CRRTs).

First multinational rotation of the cyber rapid response teams developed by Lithuania began as of early 2020. It is the first standby to be carried out by a CRRT under Lithuania’s lead. Last year a Dutch-led CRRT was on standby, the Ministry of National Defense informs.

The WannaCry cyber attack that has been targeting users worldwide since Friday may have harmed over 100 domains in Lithuania, according to preliminary figures.

The WannaCry cyber attack that has been targeting users worldwide since Friday may have harmed over 40 users in Lithuania, however, no objects of state importance or other crucial systems, says Rytis Rainys of the Communications Regulatory Authority.

The Kauno.diena.lt, Klaipeda.diena.lt and Diena.lt news sites were the target of a cyber attack on Tuesday.

A fake news article about alleged mustard-gas poisoning among US troops in Latvia was posted on the Baltic News Service's website in a suspected cyber attack on Wednesday.

Lithuanian Defence Minister Raimundas Karoblis is planning to establish a separate agency to coordinate military purchases, saying that centralization would help ensure better controls.

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' website was inaccessible to visitors on Wednesday due to a cyber attack.

Over a dozen websites of Lithuanian public institutions were hit by a cyber attack last Thursday, but a more coordinated attack could cause serious damage, according to security experts.

A dozen state institutions had their information systems affected by a hacker attack.

Four Lithuanian state institutions have been subjected to cyber attacks over the past several days.

Websites of the Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs came under a cyber attack on Tuesday evening. It is the second Lithuanian state institution to be targeted by hackers this week.

The Lithuanian parliament's website went down again on Tuesday.

The Lithuanian parliament‘s website and the websites of a number of non-governmental organisations were hit by cyber attacks over the last number of days.

The Lithuanian parliament's website cannot be reached by foreign users due to a cyber attack, the Seimas office said on Monday morning.

According to the Lithuanian National Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-LT), the number of registered cyber-crime incidents grew by 15 percent over the last year.