In the Swedish municipalities, Borgholm and Merbylon, a “crisis situation” is announced after the cyber attack on their IT systems.
On the night of December 12, attackers hacked a joint IT system used by two municipalities, which together make up the island of Eland with a total population of more than 25,000 people.
IB specialists, as a precaution, turned off the IT systems of the district from the Internet, and third-party specialists were involved in investigation and response to the incident.
At the moment, the Municipality of the Merbylon municipality is not available, and Borgholm is located at the external provider and still works. However, due to cyber attacks, communication with email institutions and some medical services is not available, and communication with the department by phone is also limited. Now medical workers in this region make notes manually on paper.
The nature of the incident has not yet been disclosed and is not known whether it was an attack by the Mounting Program or just a cyberatak with the aim of destroying systems. According to official persons, can pass for several days before systems They will earn again, and most likely municipal companies will suffer.