Federal Interior Ministry launches cybersecurity recruitment drive after major breach

The Federal Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday a new recruitment drive targeting 250 cybersecurity specialists for the federal civil service. The programme, unveiled by the Minister, is framed as an urgent response to a coordinated cyber intrusion that disrupted a leading software firm in Bratislava‑Nova last week.

The breach, attributed to a sophisticated foreign actor, forced the affected company to shut down its primary data centre for three days. Federal officials said the outage highlighted gaps in the Republic’s defensive posture and prompted a review of the existing hiring quota for technical staff.

The recruitment campaign will run through the end of the year and includes a fast‑track assessment centre in Meridian, followed by regional placement in Nord Europa’s technology clusters. Candidates will be offered a six‑month contract with the possibility of permanent civil‑service status pending performance reviews.

The Ministry expects the influx of specialists to reinforce the new federal cyber‑defence code that Nord Europa piloted last year, and the announcement sets the stage for a broader debate in the Assembly on the balance between regional autonomy and federal security mandates.