Safety

The crime rate continues to decrease. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 23.1 thousand crimes were registered on the territory of Moldova in 2025, which is 6% less compared to 2024 and 14.9% less compared to 2021.

Another batch of low-quality imported cookies was seized by inspectors of the National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) before they were sold to retailers. The reason is “the content of trans fats is higher than the permissible norm”, Logos Press reports.

New outbreaks of African swine fever and rabies have been confirmed in the country, Logos Press reports.

PayPal has reported a massive data breach caused by a bug in its PayPal Working Capital (PPWC) business lending app, according to Logos Press.

While Europe is debating whether to tighten the access of minors to social networks, major IT companies are proposing to shift the main responsibility to app stores. This refers primarily to Apple and Google, which control the majority of the global market of mobile platforms, Logos Press reports.

The results of laboratory tests indicate that the cause of dermatosis outbreaks in cattle in the French region of Hexagon (six provinces) is grain crops from Ukraine, Logos Press reports.

More than a million Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube accounts belonging to Australians under the age of 16 have been deactivated since the national ban came into effect. The figure was markedly higher than the authorities had expected. The social networks face fines of up to 49.5 million Australian dollars ($32 million) for violating the law.

The European Parliament’s IT security service has concluded that cybersecurity and data protection cannot be fully guaranteed on devices with integrated artificial intelligence features, Logos Press reports.

F6 reported a new technique for attacking devices connected to the home network. According to experts, the entry point is often smart vacuum cleaners – their compromise remains invisible to the owner and has no effect on the device’s operation. As a rule, everything starts with hacking into a Wi-Fi router – either by choosing a password or exploiting vulnerabilities, Logos Press reports.

The President of the Republic of Moldova, Maia Sandu, says that countries in the region must be prepared for long-term threats to democratic processes, even in the face of positive developments at the regional level, according to Logos Press.