Romania races to restore land registry after cyberattack disrupts property market

A major cyberattack disrupted Romania's land registry system, causing a standstill in property transactions and delaying a planned increase in property taxes. The attack, attributed to a threat actor named ByteToBreach, appears to have been financially motivated and involved exploiting known vulnerabilities. While no stolen personal data or land registry certificates were immediately identified, a limited amount of information, including user credentials and application source code, was allegedly exfiltrated. Romanian authorities believe the attacker, potentially based in Algeria, is a financially motivated initial access broker.