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'Karma' and 'CSDD lawyers' arrogance': Solovjovs assesses commonalities between cyberattack and Skuruls case
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'Karma' and 'CSDD lawyers' arrogance': Solovjovs assesses commonalities between cyberattack and Skuruls case

From Delfi Latvia · () Latvian

Translated from Latvian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A recent cyberattack on Latvia's Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD) brings to mind a 2018 case involving Raimonds Skuruls.
  • Skuruls reported a vulnerability in the CSDD's vehicle registry and sought compensation, leading to an extortion case against him.
  • Cybersecurity expert Kirils Solovjovs sees a connection between the two incidents only at the 'karma level,' criticizing CSDD lawyers for arrogance.

The recent cyberattack on Latvia's Road Traffic Safety Directorate (CSDD) has evoked memories of a 2018 case involving radio engineer and inventor Raimonds Skuruls. In the autumn of 2018, Skuruls identified an authorization vulnerability within the CSDD's state registry of vehicles and their drivers. He reported this flaw to the directorate while requesting compensation for his technical description of the vulnerability. Subsequently, a criminal case for extortion was initiated against him. When asked about potential parallels to the current situation on the program 'Spried ar Delfi,' Kirils Solovjovs, head of 'Possible Security' and a cybersecurity researcher, noted that CSDD lawyers "show their arrogance." However, he stated that the connection between the two cases exists solely at the 'karma level.'

show their arrogance

— Kirils SolovjovsDescribing the behavior of CSDD lawyers in relation to the cases.
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Originally published by Delfi Latvia in Latvian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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