Hackers may have breached 50 Lithuanian interior ministry employee accounts to steal data

Hackers may have compromised the accounts of 50 employees across institutions under Lithuania’s Interior Ministry in an attempt to steal state-registered data, the 15min news portal reported Thursday.

Interior Minister Vladislav Kondratovičius last week confirmed that login credentials of two Migration Department employees had been stolen in a breach of the Registry Centre’s systems. However, Migration Department Director Indrė Gasperė stated at the time that she could not confirm the details until the investigation was complete.

According to 15min, authorities are now examining potential breaches affecting 50 employee accounts within the ministry’s information systems. Kondratovičius declined to confirm the number but assured that no biometric data had been leaked in the attacks.

The report suggests ministry leadership may have been aware of the large-scale breach as early as May. Earlier investigations by the Prosecutor General’s Office revealed over 600,000 unauthorised accesses to real estate registry records, including personal identification numbers, with the first incidents dating back to early 2026. The Registry Centre detected the breach in April but only disclosed it publicly in late May.