INTELLIGENCE

The cyberattack deflected on May 12 targeted employees of Romania’s Foreign Ministry (MAE). “There are two fundamentally different things. The attack at MAE was a targeted one, a surgical one of an advance persistent threat nature. Usually, behind such attacks there are state actors. The attack targeted employees there; we intercepted the attack and stopped […]

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader stated on Wednesday morning that he will declassify the archive of the former Independent Service for Protection and Anticorruption (SIPA) “in the shortest of times and in observance of the legal deadlines and procedures.” Supreme Court President Cristina Tarcea said she supports this overture, but the latter should be made in […]

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader stated on Wednesday morning that he will declassify the archive of the former Independent Service for Protection and Anticorruption (SIPA) “in the shortest of times and in observance of the legal deadlines and procedures.” Supreme Court President Cristina Tarcea said she supports this overture, but the latter should be made in […]

During the Supreme Magistracy Council’s (CSM) plenary meeting on Tuesday, judge Gabriela Baltag asked for the meeting’s order of the day to be supplemented with the proposal to lodge with the Justice Ministry an address asking it for explanations on the SIPA Archives situation. Her overture was backed by the Supreme Court President. The members […]

Adrian Tutuianu, Chairman of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Oversight Committee on presented on Tuesday a series of recommendations following the SRI’s action to counter a cyberattack attempt targeting a governmental institution. The recommendations included performing security updates on all operating systems and creating secure data backups. “Several recommendations we believe we must make publicly: […]

The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) is organizing, May 15-17, through the Cyberint National Center, a live national cybersecurity exercise, titled CyDEx17, the SRI informs in a release remitted to AGERPRES. This first edition of the exercise is organized in accordance with Romania’s Cyber Security Strategy and in partnership with the National Defence Ministry (MApN), the […]

The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) is organizing, May 15-17, through the Cyberint National Center, a live national cybersecurity exercise, titled CyDEx17, the SRI informs in a release remitted to AGERPRES. This first edition of the exercise is organized in accordance with Romania’s Cyber Security Strategy and in partnership with the National Defence Ministry (MApN), the […]

The Cyberint National Centre, operating under the authority of the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), has successfully deflected a cyberattack attempt against a governmental institution of Romania. SRI says in a press statement that it conducted its action based on a notification from Romania’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SIE). According to SRI, the attempt most likely originated […]

The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) organises from 15 to 17 May through the National Cyberint Centre a live national cyber security exercise titled CyDEx17, informs the SRI in a release sent to AGERPRES on Friday. This first edition of the exercise is organised in accordance with Romania’s Cyber Security Strategy and in partnership with the […]

The Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) has published its new Ethical Conduct Guide, SRI Director Eduard Hellvig pointing out that the Service wants to consolidate its relationship of trust with Romanian citizens by reaffirming its identity: “who we are and what we are doing for them.” SRI employees must contribute to the observance of the rule […]