Stream: general

Topic: LVM Jun 2026 outage


view this post on Zulip maemolol (Jun 25 2026 at 11:43):

lvm's maps are currently unavailable due to a massive breach and ransomware attack in their systems

view this post on Zulip UrSuS (Jun 25 2026 at 11:44):

Where can I get more info on this?

view this post on Zulip maemolol (Jun 25 2026 at 11:47):

i learned about this through a reddit post, and confirmed it by just going on the lvm maps site
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view this post on Zulip Notification Bot (Jun 25 2026 at 11:51):

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view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 25 2026 at 11:52):

I was wondering why it was down for so long. I assumed it's just another of their regular "we broke something".

view this post on Zulip Colby (Jun 25 2026 at 12:00):

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/25.06.2026-latvijas-valsts-mezi-piedzivojusi-kiberuzbrukumu-velesanu-sistema-nav-cietusi.a652634/

Ļaundaris veicis kiberuzbrukumu "Latvijas Valsts mežu" (LVM) informācijas tehnoloģiju infrastruktūrai, Latvijas Radio apstiprināja uzņēmumā.

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 25 2026 at 12:03):

My concern is that because this attack seems to have happened via geo server vulnerabilities, that they might end up further restricting or limiting access. Their WMS stuff is already so bad

view this post on Zulip maemolol (Jun 25 2026 at 12:06):

Colby said:

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/25.06.2026-latvijas-valsts-mezi-piedzivojusi-kiberuzbrukumu-velesanu-sistema-nav-cietusi.a652634/

20 hour old reddit post
3 hour old article

did they just realise that a breach happened???

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 25 2026 at 12:06):

Colby said:

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/25.06.2026-latvijas-valsts-mezi-piedzivojusi-kiberuzbrukumu-velesanu-sistema-nav-cietusi.a652634/

"ļaunatūra". karteiz lasot IT ziņas, jāņem klāt vārdnīca, lai saprastu latviskojumus

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 25 2026 at 12:08):

maemolol said:

20 hour old reddit post
3 hour old article

did they just realise that a breach happened???

That article is also devoid of any real information. You could have written the same article about literally any breach. It doesn't even say they aren't paying ransom, although I think it's implied. In any case - it's all may bes and perhapses.

view this post on Zulip UrSuS (Jun 25 2026 at 12:09):

maemolol said:

Colby said:

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/25.06.2026-latvijas-valsts-mezi-piedzivojusi-kiberuzbrukumu-velesanu-sistema-nav-cietusi.a652634/

20 hour old reddit post
3 hour old article

did they just realise that a breach happened???

Probably they have just prepared some official announcement

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 25 2026 at 12:13):

Also that article is so intent on saying it's some random guy not politically motivated and just bragging about this and ransoming for money. Do they realize that what they are actually saying then is that if this is just some random guy so easily breaching this, then what do you imagine a hostile state-sponsored actor might be able to do?

view this post on Zulip Colby (Jun 27 2026 at 08:16):

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/26.06.2026-eksperts-kiberuzbrukuma-latvijas-valsts-meziem-izmantota-septinus-gadus-veca-ievainojamiba.a652888
https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/26.06.2026-certlv-atbildibu-par-kiberuzbrukumu-latvijas-valsts-meziem-uznemies-arvalstu-izspiedejvirusu-grupejums.a652861

Pēc vērienīga kiberuzbrukuma "Latvijas Valsts mežu" (LVM) informācijas tehnoloģiju (IT) sistēmām premjerministrs Andris Kulbergs ("Apvienotais saraksts") pieprasījis visām ministrijām sniegt info...
Atbildību par kiberuzbrukumu "Latvijas Valsts mežiem" (LVM) uzņēmies ārvalstu finansiāli motivēts izspiedējvīrusu grupējums, informēja kiberincidentu novēršanas institūcija "Cert.lv". Valsts poli...

view this post on Zulip maemolol (Jun 27 2026 at 09:07):

bruh

view this post on Zulip maemolol (Jun 27 2026 at 09:09):

not the second one, that much is already in the reddit thread i originally sent, but the first one... if you're a government company, please do at least annual comprehensive security tests

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 27 2026 at 09:15):

Apparently, government is 2 years late implementing new cybersecurity regulations meanwhile they still have budget of 24 million for "cybersecurity".

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 27 2026 at 09:22):

Also I guess someone finally read the reddit post, so they actually admit it was a dude ransomwaring :man_facepalming:

view this post on Zulip Colby (Jun 27 2026 at 09:40):

would have been fun seeing the gaslighting if the hacker wasnt so open about their methods

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 30 2026 at 09:10):

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/28.06.2026-eksperts-hakeris-par-latvijas-valsts-mezu-datu-atsifresanu-sagaida-vairak-neka-600-000-eiro.a652989/

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/29.06.2026-sak-kriminalprocesu-pret-kiberdrosibas-ekspertu-strazdinu-pec-atklasmem-par-kiberuzbrukumu-latvijas-valsts-meziem.a653185/

Kiberuzbrukumu AS "Latvijas Valsts meži" (LVM) īstenojušais hakeris par LVM datu atšifrēšanu sagaida vairāk nekā 600 000 eiro, izriet no kiberdrošības eksperta Elvisa Strazdiņa kontā vietnē "YouTube"...
Pret kiberdrošības ekspertu un tehnoloģiju entuziastu Elvisu Strazdiņu, kurš bija sazinājies ar hakeri, kurš aizvadītajā nedēļā veica kiberuzbrukumu uzņēmumam "Latvijas Valsts meži" (LVM), sākts...

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 30 2026 at 09:14):

Pēc "Panorāmas" vēstītā, hakeris ir [..] izdzēsis rezerves kopijas.

LVM aģentūrai LETA jau ziņoja, [..] ka visiem failiem [..] ir rezerves kopijas.

So which it?

view this post on Zulip UrSuS (Jun 30 2026 at 09:16):

https://www.facebook.com/share/1BAiFVSwV6/

Vēlamies teikt paldies visiem, kuri interesējas par mobilās lietotnes, publiskā karšu pārlūka un publisko datu servisu pieejamību. Šobrīd ļoti aktīvi strādājam pie visu LVM GEO sistēmu atjaunošanas....

view this post on Zulip maemolol (Jun 30 2026 at 09:18):

HellMap said:

Pēc "Panorāmas" vēstītā, hakeris ir [..] izdzēsis rezerves kopijas.

LVM aģentūrai LETA jau ziņoja, [..] ka visiem failiem [..] ir rezerves kopijas.

So which it?

maybe someone stored a backup on their personal machine? brave choice in terms of opsec, but, y'know, turned out to be useful one day

view this post on Zulip maemolol (Jun 30 2026 at 09:18):

then again that is several dozen terabytes of data at least, so seems really unlikely

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 30 2026 at 09:19):

https://www.lvm.lv/jaunumi/8020-latvijas-valsts-meziem-izpirkuma-maksa-par-datu-atsifresanu-nav-pieprasita

Mums ir pieejamas visu uzņēmuma datu rezerves kopijas un nekādi datu zudumi nav konstatēti

Pēc pagājušajā nedēļā notikušā kiberincidenta AS “Latvijas valsts meži” (LVM) IT infrastruktūrai, medijos izplatīta nepatiesa...

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 30 2026 at 09:21):

https://www.lvm.lv/jaunumi/8019-lvm-pazinojums-klientiem-un-sadarbibas-partneriem-par-kiberdrosibas-incidentu-un-konstateto-personas-datu-aizsardzibas-parkapumu

Personas dati, kas, pamatojoties uz šobrīd pieejamo informāciju, iespējams, ir skarti: [..] citi personas dati, kas atradās ietekmētajās sistēmās

Hope none of you registered for map access or something... oh wait

AS “Latvijas valsts meži” (LVM) jau informēja, ka šī gada 22. jūnijā tika konstatēts kiberdrošības incidents, kura rezultātā...

view this post on Zulip maemolol (Jun 30 2026 at 09:23):

this is a great way to remind you all that you can set up breach alerts on have i been pwned

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 30 2026 at 09:25):

personas datu drošība uzņēmumam ir būtiska prioritāte

7000~ password list

I think we have a different definition of "priority" when there is an unencryped password list on their servers.

view this post on Zulip maemolol (Jun 30 2026 at 09:31):

i guess i'm reacting to this with the perspective of a software developer, but erm... how does one miss password hashing on a public thing?

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jun 30 2026 at 09:38):

Here's the guy's quick video YouTube - - YouTube

Literal command injection. I just cannot believe how basic/stupid this whole is "hack" is.

He didn't link this, but this seems to be CVE-2024-36401 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2024-36401

view this post on Zulip maemolol (Jun 30 2026 at 09:45):

view this post on Zulip HellMap (Jul 01 2026 at 09:39):

https://www.lsm.lv/raksts/zinas/latvija/30.06.2026-blogeris-strazdins-gatavs-tiesaties-saistiba-ar-policijas-parmetumiem.a653360/

Vienlaikus policija apgalvo – pret Elvi Strazdiņu nav sākts kriminālprocess. Viņam tikai piemērots statuss "persona, pret kuru sākts kriminālprocesss".

I'm not hitting you, you're just repeatedly colliding yourself with my fist!

Negaidīta policijas vizīte, kratīšana, izņemta ierīce, pratināšana iecirknī un statuss "persona, pret kuru sākts kriminālprocess". Šādus notikumus piedzīvoja blogeris Elviss Strazdiņš pēc tam, kad int...

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