An alleged Uzbekistan cyberattack originally claimed to have exposed personal data of 15 million citizens actually involved roughly 60,000 individual data units, not 60,000 people. Digital Technologies Minister Sherzod Shermatov said three government information systems were accessed in late January and authorities have strengthened controls, including added OneID authorization, to limit further unauthorized use. #Uzbekistan #OneID
Keypoints
- About 60,000 individual data units were exposed, not the personal data of 15 million citizens.
- Three government information systems were targeted between 27 and 30 January.
- Officials described the attackers as skilled but said the breach was limited in scope.
- Authorities blocked further access and implemented OneID user authorization to improve protections.
- Even limited exposed details could enable social-engineering scams, officials warned.
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