Emails from Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for sale on data-trading forum

guest · Aug 13, 2021

Emails from Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for sale on data-trading forum
August 13, 2021
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...reign-affairs-for-sale-on-data-trading-forum/

The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has declined to comment about the authenticity of email files allegedly stolen from its network and offered for sale on a data-trading forum.

The cache supposedly consists of 1.6 million emails containing conversations and documents marked as sensitive and highly sensitive in nature.
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According to the seller, the cache contains 102 PST files (Outlook Data File) converted from OST data (Offline Outlook Data File - email backups) and is around 300GB large.
Ripples of November cyberattack
The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday published a short statement declining to comment about the potential leak or if it genuine.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is unable to confirm the veracity of the information disseminated to the public and will not comment. We see this as an information attack by unfriendly countries” - Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The institution was breached in November 2020 and the attack was attributed to Russian actors, but incident was not disclosed at the time.
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It is unclear how much the seller is asking for the cache but some forum users expressed interest in purchasing the leak. According to them, some inboxes have about 10 years of correspondence.
Earlier today, the seller announced that they were increasing the price, likely due to higher demand for the data.
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