Hackers exposed gaping holes in North Macedonia’s IT systems.
They tried to persuade the country that after hackers recently leaked dozens of email addresses and passwords from staffers in public institutions, the situation was under control.
But some of the key pages of Skopje’s main local government website could not be reached.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/hackers-expose-gaping-holes-in-north-macedonias-it-systems/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/ministry-of-economy-of-the-republic-of-macedonia
"id": "min1311301222",
"linkid": "ministry-of-economy-of-the-republic-of-macedonia",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Government',
'location': 'North Macedonia',
'name': 'Skopje’s main local government',
'type': 'Public Institution'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Dozens',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Email addresses', 'Passwords']},
'description': 'Hackers exposed gaping holes in North Macedonia’s IT systems. '
'They tried to persuade the country that after hackers '
'recently leaked dozens of email addresses and passwords from '
'staffers in public institutions, the situation was under '
'control. But some of the key pages of Skopje’s main local '
'government website could not be reached.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Email addresses', 'Passwords'],
'systems_affected': ['Local government website']},
'title': 'Hacking Incident Exposes Vulnerabilities in North Macedonia’s IT '
'Systems',
'type': 'Data Leak'}