Latvian officials resign after cyberattack exposes data on 1.2 million people

A major cyberattack targeting Latvia’s Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD) has exposed data on approximately 1.2 million people and 200,000 businesses, prompting political turmoil and calls for the agency’s leadership to resign. The attack involved a complex intrusion exploiting a vulnerability in a CSDD system, and the agency is investigating whether a contracted IT provider, Tet, was responsible for failing to detect the intrusion. The incident follows a ransomware attack against a Latvian forestry company earlier this year.