Romania's government has confirmed that a ransomware attack targeted the National Agency for Cadastre and Land Registration (ANCPI), with attackers encrypting and deleting parts of the agency's virtualization infrastructure.
In a statement released Monday, officials acknowledged the severity of the breach but declined to provide a timeline for restoring full operations, citing the complexity of the damage.
The agency confirmed that its core database remains intact, though the loss of virtualization layers has severely hampered system functionality.
The admission marks a significant escalation in a cyber incident that has already paralyzed Romania's real estate sector.
Property transactions, which rely on ANCPI's digital systems for verification and registration, have been effectively halted for over a week.
The disruption has created a bottleneck for buyers, sellers, and financial institutions, with no clear end in sight as authorities work to rebuild the compromised infrastructure.