Latvian officials resign after cyberattack exposes data on 1.2 million people
A cyberattack on Latvia's road traffic agency exposed data on 1.2 million residents — roughly two-thirds of the population — triggering official resignations and raising hard questions about EU public-sector data governance.
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Latvia’s road traffic agency confirmed that hackers stole data connected to about two-thirds of the country’s population in a major cyberattack that has prompted calls for senior officials to resign.
Editorial Analysis
An EU member state losing data on most of its population signals systemic public-sector security gaps that GDPR enforcement and NIS2 obligations were designed to address.
Conduct a data-exposure assessment for any citizen or customer datasets your organisation holds at comparable scale and verify segmentation and encryption controls.
A breach affecting two-thirds of Latvia's population forced senior officials out — a stark reminder that data-protection failures carry existential organisational consequences.
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