Government, ministries, and state agencies' portals in Latvia are down

In particular, the government website displays the message: "For technical reasons, this site is currently unavailable. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later!". "Due to cybersecurity risks, the site is temporarily closed. We apologize for the inconvenience!" – this is stated in a message for visitors on LSM.lv. It is still unknown how long the portal will be unavailable and what specific cybersecurity risks have been identified. As reported by **bb.lv**, today there was a global alert. A large number of websites may cease to function due to a critical vulnerability found in their software, according to Reuters. This concerns PHP – the programming language that generates the pages of most websites requested by users. Due to the critical vulnerabilities discovered globally in the PHP programming language, access to Latvia's digital resources is restricted, according to the institution for preventing cyber incidents, Cert.lv. The restrictions have been implemented deliberately to protect government information systems from potential cyberattacks.

Government, ministries, and state agencies' portals in Latvia are down – what happened?