Aksenoks: CSDD's Own Specialists, Not "Tet," Detected the Cyberattacks
CSDD board chairman Aivars Aksenoks said on Wednesday that "Tet," the company overseeing the agency's IT infrastructure, failed to detect the cyberattacks on CSDD systems — they were instead spotted by the agency's own specialists.
Aivars Aksenoks, chairman of the board of Latvia's Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD), said in a Wednesday interview with Latvian Television's programme "Rīta panorāma" that "Tet," the company responsible for overseeing the agency's information technology infrastructure, did not detect a cyberattack on CSDD's systems.
According to Aksenoks, it was CSDD's own specialists who actually discovered the attacks, not "Tet," the outside provider entrusted with monitoring the agency's IT infrastructure.
Questions over oversight effectiveness
The statement raises questions about how effectively "Tet" is fulfilling its responsibilities for CSDD's cybersecurity, since the company, as the entity in charge of monitoring, would be expected to be the first to identify such incidents.
CSDD is a state institution responsible for vehicle registration, issuing driving licences and other road-traffic-related services, meaning its systems hold a large volume of residents' personal data.
The source material did not provide further details on the nature or number of the attacks, or how they affected CSDD's operations.
