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Friday, 29.03.2024, 16:19
Lithuanian DefMin: software linked with Russia has spying gaps
"There have been cases of suspicious software. (…) We have observed
means to connect, and when they connect, we can only guess what they do and how
they control," Kerza told BNS.
He did not specify the state institutions in danger or the software behind
the threat, however, said it was linked with Russia. In the vice-minister's
words, the gaps were discovered before this year, the software has not yet been
replaced, with only access to the systems restricted.
Earlier this week, three conservative MPs Laurynas Kasciunas, Zygimantas Pavilionis and Audronius Azubalis turned to the prime minister, asking to assess
the scale of the use of the Russian software and information systems by state
institutions and companies of strategic importance to national security.
The conservatives said that the Police Department had been using accounting
system modules based on 1S:Company platform since 2006, adding that the
software was banned after the Federal Security Service established that Russia
had been using it for spying purposes.
Meanwhile, the state-run company Lietuvos
Gelezinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways), in their words, use the security
system Klub-U developed by Russia's military industrial complex Izhevsk Radio Factory. The system has
been installed in all locomotives as part of the modernization of the
Lithuanian railway system. The conservative MPs said Klub-U uses Russian
satellite navigation system GLONASS, which establishes locomotive coordinates
and movement parameters, including coordinates and speed.
Kerza said specialists would still assess the safety of the systems.
Darius Adomaitis, director of the Cyber Security and Telecommunications Service, said the
systems had not yet been analyzed, adding that a recommendation had been issued
against using anti-virus software of Russian company Kaspersky.