Moldova probes possible foreign involvement in major government cyberattack

Moldova is investigating whether foreign state actors were behind a major cyberattack on government systems between October 19 and 23 that exposed data tied to about 750,000 identification numbers. Attackers made roughly 11 million requests and disrupted dozens of public services, authorities said.

• Attackers made about 11 million requests to government services on October 19–23
• Data linked to roughly 750,000 identification numbers was extracted
• 82 digital public services were inspected and vulnerable ones disconnected
• Unauthorized access was blocked on October 23; later attempts failed