CSDD IT department head earned over €77,000 last year

According to the state official declaration filed by Māris Puriņš for 2025, the head of the IT department at the Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD) received €77,221 in company earnings last year. That compares with €54,539 he earned at CSDD in 2024, the year he took up the position.

Puriņš also received a €2,640 benefit payment from the State Social Insurance Agency last year, a €92 salary from the University of Latvia, and €65.9 in interest income from three banks.

Savings and property

By the end of the year, Puriņš had €21,827 saved in bank accounts and kept €500 in cash. His assets include an apartment and real estate in Engure parish, land in Babīte parish, and jointly owned land in Engure parish. He also owns a 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander. Meanwhile, his liabilities — debts exceeding 20 times the government-set minimum monthly wage — totaled €67,790 at year's end.

Puriņš became head of the CSDD IT department in April 2024.

Context: the data breach

News of the executive's earnings comes as CSDD grapples with a large-scale data breach. A cyberattack that hit the directorate on the night of August 8 resulted in the theft of personal data belonging to 1.2 million people and roughly 200,000 legal entities, gathered from payments made over the past 18 years.

Following the incident, both CSDD's supervisory council and its management board announced their resignations on August 19. Transport Minister Rihards Kozlovskis has ordered an expedited internal investigation, which will also examine CSDD's contract with Tet for cybersecurity services. President Edgars Rinkēvičs has written to the Prosecutor General asking for a review of CSDD officials' actions regarding data security.