Safe and Inclusive E‑Society: How Lithuania Is Bracing for AI‑Driven Cyber Fraud

Lithuania is advancing a Safe and Inclusive E-Society as part of a national mission to bolster digital resilience, with the initiative being coordinated by Kaunas University of Technology. The programme’s Safe and Inclusive E-Society strand has a total value of €24.1 million and brings together universities, cybersecurity companies, and industry bodies to test and deploy market-ready solutions in public institutions, health, finance, and critical infrastructure.

Experts warn that Generative AI and Large Language Models are transforming fraud, enabling thousands of non-repeating, highly personalised phishing messages and enabling multimodal deception, including cloned voices and photorealistic images. According to Dr. Rasa Brūzgienė, the era of pattern-based detection is giving way to AI-enabled social engineering that adapts to victims in real time, making traditional filters less effective.

Lithuania’s NKSC has integrated AI into threat monitoring, contributing to a fivefold reduction in ransomware incidents between 2023 and 2024, and the country ranks 25th in the Chandler Good Government Index and 33rd in the Government AI Readiness Index (2025).