A hacker was able to obtain over 280,000 personal identity photos following an attack on the state information system last Friday. The suspect is repo

Hacker downloads close to 300,000 personal ID photos

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2021-07-29 08:00:06

A hacker was able to obtain over 280,000 personal identity photos following an attack on the state information system last Friday. The suspect is reportedly a resident of Tallinn.

The culprit had already obtained personal names and ID codes and was able to obtain a third component, the photos, by making individual requests from thousands of IP addresses.

This data was not, however, enough for the hacker to access e-state services, meaning the normal means of authentication (ID card, mobile ID and SMART ID) have not been compromised.

Speaking at a press conference Wednesday, Oskar Gross, head of the central criminal police cyber crime office, said that: "To date, the individual who committed the attack has had the data he hacked seized and confiscated by the police," adding that the perpetrator was a resident of Tallinn.

The attack did not seem to have too much rhyme and reason to it, head RIA Margus Noormaa, who also appeared at the press conference, said.