Liechtenstein Hack LIVE | PM Brigitte Haas Addresses Massive Financial Data Breach | World News LIVE

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VADUZ, Liechtenstein — Prime Minister Brigitte Haas, alongside Justice Minister Emanuel Schädler, IT Director Fabian Schmid, and Office of Justice Director Martin Alge, has convened an urgent press conference to address a devastating cyberattack targeting the principality's highly confidential Register of Beneficial Owners (VwbP). In what is being described as one of the most critical security breaches to hit the wealthy European tax haven, unknown cybercriminals compromised the digital registry during the night of July 29–30, 2026, unlawfully exfiltrating the private data of approximately 31,000 legal entities, including shell companies, trusts, and foundations. Liechtenstein, a microstate of just 40,000 residents wedged between Switzerland and Austria, relies heavily on its elite financial services sector. The compromised database, designed to combat global money laundering and terror financing, holds the sensitive real-name identities of the international elite who control offshore

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