The Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), the autonomous government agency responsible for collecting, managing, and analyzing statistical and geo-spatial data for the country, has allegedly been compromised. A database claiming to belong to the agency has surfaced on a cybercrime forum, where an unknown party is attempting to sell the information for $80.
The allegedly compromised data includes a variety of sensitive internal and citizen-submitted records. According to the actor, the exposed information contains:
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Administrator credentials (including user IDs, names, email addresses, phone numbers, and hashed passwords)
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Job application records (including names, dates of birth, physical addresses, qualifications, employment status, and links to submitted resumes/PDFs)
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Data request records (including applicant names, email addresses, and detailed research inquiries from citizens and students)
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Contact form submissions (including user names, emails, and message contents)
