Moldova Reports Major Cyberattack on National Medical Database Affecting 30% of Data

Russian special services have carried out one of the largest cyberattacks on Moldova's healthcare system since the beginning of the year.

The strike targeted the national medical database, according to the Center for Countering Disinformation on April 29.

Ion Vintilă, Deputy Director of the Cybersecurity Agency, said the attack compromised approximately 30% of system data, including patients’ personal information and records of financial transactions within the healthcare sector.

Experts have identified the operation as a meticulously planned effort by Russian intelligence. The primary goal was to gain access to the private information of citizens.

The attack focused on a central platform that integrates data from both regional and national hospitals. According to specialists, this target was chosen specifically to destabilize social services and damage public trust in the state's digital infrastructure.

The incident comes as Moldova accelerates its EU integration process. Analysts say cyberattacks have increasingly been used to pressure or disrupt countries moving closer to the European Union.

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Efforts are currently underway to manage the consequences of the breach and to strengthen the cybersecurity of government systems.

Previously, it was revealed that Russian-linked hackers compromised more than 170 email accounts belonging to Ukrainian prosecutors and investigators, but they inadvertently exposed their own operation by leaving their data logs accessible online.

According to research from Ctrl-Alt-Intel, the cyber campaign spanned several months and targeted officials involved in anti-corruption efforts and investigations into Russian collaborators.

The breach extended beyond Ukraine, affecting at least 284 accounts across several European countries, including those connected to the Romanian Air Force and Greece’s General Staff of National Defense. Researchers described the leak as a major operational failure, as the inadvertently public dataset allowed experts to trace thousands of stolen emails and identify the specific government and military institutions that had been compromised.

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