Liechtenstein beneficial ownership register hack steals data on 31,000 legal entities
Liechtenstein's beneficial ownership register was hacked, and data on about 31,000 legal entities, including companies, foundations and trusts, was stolen. Authorities shut down the system and launched an investigation, and the attacker has not been identified. Liechtenstein later said it would not pay a ransom to the attacker.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Government of Liechtenstein
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Data on about 31,000 legal entities
- Cause / method
- External hack of the beneficial ownership register
- Location
- Liechtenstein
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Timeline
- A cyber-attack on Liechtenstein's beneficial ownership register for companies and foundations became known.
- The theft of data on about 31,000 legal entities was confirmed, and authorities shut down the system and began an investigation.
- Liechtenstein said it would not give in to the attacker's ransom demand.
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