North Macedonia:cyber security on the public agenda

EUROPE: Password hack claim puts cyber security on the public agenda in North Macedonia.

A hack targeting the email addresses and passwords of government officials may have missed its mark. But the attempt did not succeed.

The Government of Republic of North Macedonia promptly knocked back the claim, however, and noted that the hackers had in fact only published passwords which are no longer in use.

No confidential data lost: Govt

The Minister of Economy Kreshnik Bekteshi explained that “no damage has been done” to the ministry’s system and IT department had informed him that no confidential data was stolen.

The minister further stated that both ministries had their systems for official email services renewed and that complex passwords had been introduced for official email addresses, along with cyber security protocols that decrease the risk of systems getting compromised.