The Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO) started a criminal case over the cyber-attack committed against the telecoms company StarNet. Searches are being carried out at the homes of clients of StarNet from Chisinau, who are suspected of being involved in the commission of the offense. Nobody was yet arrested, IPN reports, quoting the PGO.

In the morning of February 27, the PGO was informed by StarNet about the illegal accessing of its database. The prosecutors ordered investigating this case, including the way in which the company ensured the protection of data.

In the evening of February 26, the company was subject to an organized cyber-attack. The company said the attackers used a virus that allowed stealing information and enabled access to confident data, such as clients’ names and surnames, ID, telephones and email addresses. To ensure the safety of the personal data, the company asked all its clients to modify the password on the StarNet Personal Account and the email address.