VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanian authorities are on high alert after a massive data leak involving more than 600,000 entries from national data registers, which is believed to have been executed by another country.
The Lithuanian general prosecutor’s office on Friday announced the leak was primarily from registers of real estate and legal entities accessed by using login credentials of institutions authorized to receive the data.
The head of the State Enterprise Centre of Registers, Adrijus Jusas, resigned Monday following the leak.
The authorities immediately implemented additional cybersecurity measures, including blocking the accounts of suspected data users and restricting access with a requirement to update credentials, the prosecutors said.
The prosecutor’s office said a foreign country is suspected of involvement, although authorities did not specified which nation.
Lithuanians are especially cautious given that the country, with a population of 2.9 million, is one of the main targets of Russia’s hybrid war against Europe, which includes sabotage, arson attacks and vandalism, as well as influence operations.
Opposition politician Laurynas Kasčiūnas wrote on social media Sunday that the data theft is suspected to be a Russian intelligence operation, although he offered no evidence for the claim.
The politician warned that addresses of intelligence officers, military personnel, diplomats or politicians may have been accessed, which could potentially allow the perpetrators to spy on or exercise pressure against the targets.
FILE - Lithuania's Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene attends a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, after their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, file)
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks are being featured on the HBO series “Hard Knocks” for the first time in franchise history, and it didn’t take long for some someone to stir the pot.
Last Friday, Seahawks linebacker Derick Hall put offensive lineman Bryce Cabeldue into a chokehold and body-slammed him during a fight in practice that was shown on the first episode, which debuted Tuesday night. Cabeldue and linebacker Tyrice Knight shoved one another before Hall brought Cabeldue to the ground.
Following Wednesday’s practice, Hall acknowledged that things got out of control, but he said he and his teammates have since made up.
“At the end of the day, we all love each other,” Hall said. “We’re a team. We are a brotherhood. At the end of the day, it happened out here. We go in the locker room, you know, ‘Hey man, I apologize, that was beyond the line of where we’re trying to go, where we trying to get.’ And we move forward.”
During the episode, defensive coordinator Aden Durde revealed to coach Mike Macdonald that fullback and special teams captain Brady Russell had egged Hall on. According to Durde, Russell said Hall, who signed a $42 million, three-year contract extension in June, had changed because of his new deal.
When asked if the players involved in the fight have smoothed over the situation, Macdonald said they had.
“Yeah, the guys have been great,” Macdonald said Wednesday. “The guys have been awesome.”
Macdonald said he is proud of his team for the way it has handled itself and was presented in the episode of the long-running docuseries, barring a “couple of fun exceptions.” Hall agreed with the coach.
“I think it shows who we are as a unit, as a team, right?” Hall said. “Things happen out here on the football field, obviously, as you saw in the episode.”
Hall was also featured off the field. He arrived for the Seahawks’ first day of training camp in a souped-up truck that he modified himself. The 6-foot-3, 254-pounder drove his truck over an HBO camera, smashing it.
“I ran (it) over and they were like, ‘D-Hall, did you feel something when you rolled in?’” Hall said. “I’m like, ‘No.’ And then they showed me the camera and it was just smashed. So, I was like, ‘Dang, I apologize.’ I know it’s unique, it’s authentic, but I did smash the camera.”
Much like that incident, Hall is moving on from the fight. Even though he was captured during a tough moment, he has enjoyed being part of the show.
“I love it. I love it,” Hall said. “I think that’s a big piece of what they’re trying to do. Again, it just shows who we are as a team. What guys do outside of football. A lot of people see us in this limelight as professional athletes, and what we do on the field, and these media sessions, different things like that. So, I think it’s pretty cool.”
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Seattle Seahawks linebacker Derick Hall, left, runs a drill with linebacker Jalan Gaines (47) during the NFL football team's training camp, Sunday, July 26, 2026, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Seahawks defensive coordinator Aden Durde runs a drill with Seattle Seahawks linebacker Derick Hall during the NFL football team's training camp, Sunday, July 26, 2026, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Seattle Seahawks linebacker Derick Hall runs a drill during the NFL football team's training camp, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
