Reports Of Bribery Investigation Into Defense Minister Part Of Cyber Attack, Defense Ministry Says
April 12 2019
The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense says Defense Minister Raimundas Karoblis has been the target of a cyber disinformation attack.
Reports from the Kas vyksta Kaune news portal that Karoblis was under investigation for taking a US$586,000 (520,000 euros) bribe were based on emails purporting to be from a defense ministry employee from a forged email address, the ministry said.
The fake emails also included links that possibly led to malicious sites.
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