On Monday, the 4th of September, activist groups supported by Russia performed wide-scale cyber attacks on Latvian state finance and healthcare institutions, as reported by Cert.lv.
So far there have been phishing attacks performed on e-mails of users in state administration.
Cert.lv invites users to check and make sure their e-mail authorisation system uses a multi-factor authentication.
There are also reports about web defacement using vulnerabilities in targeted systems, as well as possible destructive (encrypted ransomware) attacks on Latvia’s healthcare sector.
Cert.lv invites residents to report activities of this kind by calling 67085888 or writing to [email protected].
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