In other words, the application is outside the oversight sphere provided for “Tet” under the contract.
According to the concluded contract, “Tet” manages the network resources, connections, infrastructure of the Road Traffic Safety Directorate, and monitors the data flow. At the same time, the technology company is not a cybersecurity service provider for the services and applications developed by the Road Traffic Safety Directorate, the LETA agency was informed by “Tet”.
It has already been reported that Valainis instructed the board of “Possessor” together with the council of the telecommunications and technology company “Tet” to prepare a report on the information available to “Tet” regarding the cyber incident at CSDD.
Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs stated on social media on Thursday that the hack occurred using the Road Traffic Safety Directorate’s “Medical” platform, which is used by about 200 doctors to input medical certificates for vehicle drivers.
He said that access to “Medical” was possible through a username and password, adding that the Road Traffic Safety Directorate should have had secure multi-factor authentication.
Well, it didn’t work out…