Data of 1.2 million people breached in recent CSDD cyberattack

Questions might also be reasonably be asked concerning why it has taken so long to inform the general public that it is highly likely that someof their details have been stolen. The cyber attack happened over the weekend of August 8th/9th. The first public admission that it had taken place came on August 13th, and then on August 14th, officials still could not or would not specify how big the breach was. It then took another 4 days for the full enormity of the data stolen to be announced today. President Edgars Rinkēvičs waded into the issue on August 18th, suggesting – in a social media post – that the "massive data leak" poses "a significant threat to national security". He also dropped a hint that heads must roll – without explicitly saying so – adding that "The CSDD's reputation and public trust in this institution have been undermined.