Overview
- The government says unknown attackers gained digital access overnight to the transparency register in the night to Friday and copied about 31,000 records.
- The stolen entries include given name, family name, date of birth, nationality and country of residence for people linked to companies, foundations and trusts.
- Investigators report the intruders spent several hours in the database using a created user account, the system was taken offline and a crisis team led by the government and justice minister is probing the breach.
- So far there are no confirmed perpetrators, no ransom demands and no public sale of the data, and the Liechtenstein Bankers' Association says bank systems and customer data were not affected.
- The hack threatens trust in Liechtenstein’s financial centre, highlights risks of public beneficial‑owner registers created under EU rules in 2021, and could prompt policy and cross‑border privacy scrutiny as notifications proceed.