Market announcement
AS Ekspress Grupp
LEI code
529900B52V1TUMW7FS54
Size of the entity
Large group
Economic activities
Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
Country of registered office
Estonia
General information
Categories
Other corporate action
Unique data record identifier
9685
Submission date and time
19.07.2022 16:30:00
Content of announcement in Estonian
Title
Leedu andmekaitseinspektsioon alustas menetlust Alio.lt küberrünnaku asjus
Message
Leedu andmekaitseinspektsioon alustas menetlust seoses eelmisel kolmapäeval, 13. juulil 2022 avastatud küberrünnakuga internetikuulutuste portaali Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) vastu. Tundmatud isikud üritasid portaali andmebaasist alla laadida kasutajaandmeid ja arvata ära kasutajatunnuseid ning telefoninumbreid. Kokku rünnati 345 095 kasutaja andmeid. Portaal edastas rünnaku kohta koheselt teabe andmekaitseinspektsioonile, küberjulgeoleku keskusele, arvutiintsidentide uurimisteenistusele ja Leedu politseile. Kasutajad on portaali sisselogimiseks salvestanud oma telefoninumbri, e-posti aadressi ja loonud parooli. Muid kasutajate andmeid portaal ei salvesta. Kõik paroolid on räsistatud. Rünnak on täielikult peatatud ja portaal võttis olukorra parandamiseks ette vajalikud meetmed. Rakendati kõrgetasemelisi turvameetmeid, et kasutajad saaks turvaliselt jätkata Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) teenuste kasutamist. Kõiki Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) kasutajaid teavitati juhtunust operatiivselt ning neile saadeti küberrünnakust teavitavaid e-kirju ja SMS-e ning võimalikud lekkinud andmed on taaslähtestatud. Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) kasutajatel on tungivalt soovitatav muuta ära oma sotsiaalvõrgustike või muude kontode paroolid, sest Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) kasutaja endise parooliga saavad häkkerid proovida ära arvata teiste kasutajakontode paroole, et saada oma valdusesse kasutajate kohta rohkem isiklikke andmeid. Ekspress Grupp ostis Leedu kuulutusteportaali Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) 2012. aastal. Alio.lt-l on ligikaudu 346 000 kasutajat ja see teenis 2021. aastal ca 170 000 eurot müügitulu. Alio.lt IT infrastruktuur on kontserni teistest portaalidest eraldiseisev. Kaspar Hanni AS Ekspress Grupp Kontserni arendusdirektor, juhatuse liige +372 669 8381 [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) AS Ekspress Grupp on Baltimaade juhtiv meediakontsern, mille tegevus hõlmab veebimeedia sisutootmist ning ajalehtede, ajakirjade ja raamatute kirjastamist. Samuti haldab kontsern elektroonilist piletimüügiplatvormi ja piletimüügikohtasid Eestis ja Lätis. Ekspress Grupp, mis alustas oma tegevust 1989. aastal, annab tööd üle 1400 inimesele, omab Baltimaades juhtivaid online- meedia portaale, annab välja kõige populaarsemaid päeva- ja nädalalehti ning enamikku Eesti kõige populaarsemaid ajakirju.
Content of announcement in English
Title
The Lithuanian State Data Protection Inspectorate has started official investigations about the security leak of personal data of Alio.lt
Message
The State Data Protection Inspectorate has launched an official investigation due to a cyber-attack against the online advertising portal Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) that was identified last Wednesday, 13(th) July 2022. Attempts were made to pull user data from the portal database. Trying to guess user IDs and phone numbers. A total of 345,095 users were attacked. The information was transferred to the State Data Protection Inspectorate, the National Cyber Security Center, the Computer Incident Investigation Service, and the Police in Lithuania. The users have provided their phone number, e-mail address, and created a password to log-in, no other data is stored by the portal. The passwords are hashed. The attack has been completely stopped and all measures have taken to remedy the situation. The high-level security measures have been applied for users to continue safely using the services of the ad portal Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/). All Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) users were promptly informed about the incident and received e-mails and SMS messages informing them about the cyber- attack, their leaked password hashes have already been reset. Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) users are strongly recommended to change their passwords of social networks or other accounts, because with the former password of the Alio.lt user, hackers can try to guess the passwords of other user accounts and reveal more personal data about the users. The Lithuanian advertising portal Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) was acquired by Ekspress Grupp in 2012. Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) has approximately 346 000 users and it generated revenues of around 170 thousand euros in 2021. The information infrastructure of Alio.lt (https://www.alio.lt/) is separate from other group portals. Kaspar Hanni AS Ekspress Grupp Group's Development Director, Board Member +372 669 8381 [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) AS Ekspress Grupp is the leading Baltic media group whose key activities include web media content production, publishing of newspapers, magazines and books. The Group also operates an electronic ticket sales platform and ticket offices in Estonia and Latvia. Ekspress Grupp that launched its operations in 1989 employs more than 1400 people, owns leading web media portals in the Baltic States and publishes the most popular daily and weekly newspapers as well as the majority of the most popular magazines in Estonia.