The services of the department of Vienne victims of a computer hack
A computer attack hit the services of the Vienne department on Thursday, January 21. All the computers are down and the telephone network is severely disrupted. Experts are intervening at the moment.
Computer hacking (illustration)
Computer hacking (illustration) © Maxppp - PHOTOPQR / LE TELEGRAMME / MAXPPP
Services of the department of Vienne affected by hacking. The attack took place this Thursday, January 21 and since all computers are paralyzed , out of service. A crisis unit met this Friday, January 22.
All computers are out of service until Monday - Alain Pichon, president of the Vienne departmental council
"We immediately blocked our entire IT and digital team with our services," explains Alain Pichon, president of the Vienne departmental council. "A specialized company is intervening at the moment to resolve these problems as quickly as possible. All the computers are out of service until Monday," he continues. Phones are also affected. "We made all the transfers to the professional cell phones of our agents."
A virus that has already infected "communities" or "ministries"
It is a type of virus which "infect the computer systems of communities, ministries but also private companies." A few weeks ago it is the agglomeration of La Rochelle which was affected by a computer hacking of the same kind. The hackers demand a ransom. Obviously the department specifies that it will not pay anything.
According to Alain Pichon this attack will have no impact in the long term. "We have security and backup systems that are normally very efficient and relatively modern, which should allow us to recover our history in a very short time ," he said.
Computer hacking (illustration)
Computer hacking (illustration) © Maxppp - PHOTOPQR / LE TELEGRAMME / MAXPPP
Services of the department of Vienne affected by hacking. The attack took place this Thursday, January 21 and since all computers are paralyzed , out of service. A crisis unit met this Friday, January 22.
All computers are out of service until Monday - Alain Pichon, president of the Vienne departmental council
"We immediately blocked our entire IT and digital team with our services," explains Alain Pichon, president of the Vienne departmental council. "A specialized company is intervening at the moment to resolve these problems as quickly as possible. All the computers are out of service until Monday," he continues. Phones are also affected. "We made all the transfers to the professional cell phones of our agents."
A virus that has already infected "communities" or "ministries"
It is a type of virus which "infect the computer systems of communities, ministries but also private companies." A few weeks ago it is the agglomeration of La Rochelle which was affected by a computer hacking of the same kind. The hackers demand a ransom. Obviously the department specifies that it will not pay anything.
According to Alain Pichon this attack will have no impact in the long term. "We have security and backup systems that are normally very efficient and relatively modern, which should allow us to recover our history in a very short time ," he said.
