Lithuanians will be able to check whether their personal data was among the 600,000 records stolen from the country's Centre of Registers, the agency's newly appointed acting director has said.
Giedrius Čininas, who took over after his predecessor resigned on Monday, told a press conference that the agency planned to make a dedicated tool available through its self-service portal by Tuesday morning.
"First and foremost, we plan to properly inform people and provide them with a clear and secure tool to check whether their personal data was taken and, if so, what data," he said.
He apologised to the public for the incident, saying the agency's immediate priority was the people whose data may have been copied.
Asked whether the stolen data had been extracted at random or selected according to specific criteria, the acting director said it consisted primarily of real estate register extracts, adding that individuals would be able to find out the specifics through the new tool.
