Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

Three Estonian ministries reported cybersecurity incidents in November that resulted in significant breaches of personal data.

The three ministries were the economy ministry, the foreign ministry and the social affairs ministry.

The affected ministries have been working with RIA to analyse the attack vectors of the breach and contain the intrusions.

In the incident concerning the foreign ministry, a database containing information already accessible to the public was copied but no restricted documents or sensitive personal information were retrieved.

Source: https://estonianworld.com/security/three-estonian-ministries-had-significant-data-breaches-in-november/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/ministry-of-foreign-affairs-of-estonia

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"linkid": "ministry-of-foreign-affairs-of-estonia",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "12/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Estonia',
                        'name': 'Economy Ministry',
                        'type': 'Government'},
                       {'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Estonia',
                        'name': 'Foreign Ministry',
                        'type': 'Government'},
                       {'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Estonia',
                        'name': 'Social Affairs Ministry',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['publicly accessible '
                                              'information']},
 'date_detected': 'November 2023',
 'description': 'Three Estonian ministries reported cybersecurity incidents in '
                'November that resulted in significant breaches of personal '
                'data. The affected ministries were the economy ministry, the '
                'foreign ministry, and the social affairs ministry. The '
                'affected ministries have been working with RIA to analyze the '
                'attack vectors of the breach and contain the intrusions. In '
                'the incident concerning the foreign ministry, a database '
                'containing information already accessible to the public was '
                'copied but no restricted documents or sensitive personal '
                'information were retrieved.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['publicly accessible information']},
 'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['RIA']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Three Estonian Ministries',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}