Cyber security report: Lithuania detects growth in attacks, online child exploitation 3 Cyber security (associative image) / E. Blaževič/LRT The number of cyber security incidents in Lithuania rose by a quarter last year, and that was largely influenced by the Covid-19 pandemic when usual activities moved online due to restrictions, according to the 2020 National Cyber Security Status Report. Presented at the Defence Ministry on Wednesday, the documents states that Russia-linked cyber groups are also exploiting infrastructure vulnerabilities in Lithuania, carrying out attacks on Covid-19 vaccine producers. According to institutional data, the number of cyber security incidents rose by 25 percent last year, and the number of incidents related to the spread of malware jumped by as much as 49 percent.