A cyberattack on Romania’s national property registry has disrupted the country’s real estate market after a hacker allegedly deleted the agency’s entire database following an unsuccessful extortion attempt, Risky Business News reported. The attack brought down the systems of the National Agency for Cadastre and Property Registration (ANCPI), leaving official websites and applications unavailable for about a week.

Ein Angreifer löscht die gesamte rumänische Grundbuchdatenbank, nachdem eine Erpressung gescheitert war, und bringt damit den Immobilienmarkt zum Stillstand.

Attacker deletes entire Romanian land registry database after failed extortion, bringing real estate market to a standstill.