Liechtenstein Cyberattack Exposes Data From Beneficial Ownership Register

**Executive summary:** A cyberattack on Liechtenstein’s Register of Beneficial Owners (VwbP) on 29–30 July 2026 led to unauthorized access and the exfiltration of data for approximately 31,000 legal entities; the register was taken offline, a crisis unit was formed and authorities report no evidence of data modification while treating the incident as a GDPR personal data breach that raises broader digital trust and registry security concerns.