The Haute-Ariège community of municipalities targeted by a cyber attack and a ransom demand
The Haute-Ariège community of municipalities targeted by a cyber attack and a ransom demand
Affected by a cyberattack, the authors demanded a ransom from the Community of Commons Haute-Ariège to unlock the attacked data and software, on November 6, 2020.
The Haute-Ariège community of municipalities was the victim of a cyberattack on Friday November 6, 2020 at the end of the day.
The Haute-Ariège community of municipalities was the victim of a cyberattack on Friday November 6, 2020 at the end of the day. (© Fotolia / peterzayda / illustration)
By Nicolas Drusian
Published on 25 Nov 20 at 12:20
Friday, November 6, 2020, the systems of the Community of Communes Haute-Ariège (CCHA) were the subject of a general hack. The software and the data were encrypted, "making the whole system unusable for long weeks", specifies the CCHA.
The perpetrators of the cyberattack then demanded a ransom in order to decrypt this data. A threat to which the Community of Communes did not wish to submit.
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"Attempt to recover data that can be recovered"
To deal with this attack, the CCHA called on a specialized company and the support of the services of the Department of Ariège "to understand how the security systems could have been thwarted, to gradually rebuild a new system, and attempt to recover data that can be recovered ”.
Some computers have been spared by piracy, and but "we must start from zero", deplores the CCHA to Actu.fr.
This is a real blow for the CCHA which will bring additional difficulty for the operation of its already well-tested services, for the morale of the teams, and for our finances.
Affected by a cyberattack, the authors demanded a ransom from the Community of Commons Haute-Ariège to unlock the attacked data and software, on November 6, 2020.
The Haute-Ariège community of municipalities was the victim of a cyberattack on Friday November 6, 2020 at the end of the day.
The Haute-Ariège community of municipalities was the victim of a cyberattack on Friday November 6, 2020 at the end of the day. (© Fotolia / peterzayda / illustration)
By Nicolas Drusian
Published on 25 Nov 20 at 12:20
Friday, November 6, 2020, the systems of the Community of Communes Haute-Ariège (CCHA) were the subject of a general hack. The software and the data were encrypted, "making the whole system unusable for long weeks", specifies the CCHA.
The perpetrators of the cyberattack then demanded a ransom in order to decrypt this data. A threat to which the Community of Communes did not wish to submit.
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"Attempt to recover data that can be recovered"
To deal with this attack, the CCHA called on a specialized company and the support of the services of the Department of Ariège "to understand how the security systems could have been thwarted, to gradually rebuild a new system, and attempt to recover data that can be recovered ”.
Some computers have been spared by piracy, and but "we must start from zero", deplores the CCHA to Actu.fr.
This is a real blow for the CCHA which will bring additional difficulty for the operation of its already well-tested services, for the morale of the teams, and for our finances.
