Ministry of Finance suffers cyber attack
Ministry of Finance suffers cyber attack
23 February, 2021
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The technological platform to support the activities of the Ministry of Finance, with access to emails and shared folders, was the target of a cyber attack on Thursday, with unidentified origins and motivations, according to a statement from the institution.
Despite the situation, it reassures that salary processing services and revenue collection systems (SIGT, ASYCUDA, Service Portals, Municipality, Taxpayer and Integrated State Financial Management System - SIGFE) are in full operation.
“The Public Finance Information and Communication Technologies Service (SETIC-FP) is identifying the extent of the disturbance and the potential constraints caused in the Ministry of Finance's jobs and supervised bodies (… ..)”, he added.
He states that SETIC teams have since then been continuously engaged in the solution and normalization of the email system and the shared documents folder, thus mitigating the impacts of this situation on the productivity of Public Finance employees.
"The Ministry of Finance takes the opportunity to reassure national citizens and the international financial community about the firm commitment to the financial commitments of the Angolan State, in a macroeconomic context of fiscal consolidation", attests the document.
This was the first occurrence recorded this year.
23 February, 2021
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The technological platform to support the activities of the Ministry of Finance, with access to emails and shared folders, was the target of a cyber attack on Thursday, with unidentified origins and motivations, according to a statement from the institution.
Despite the situation, it reassures that salary processing services and revenue collection systems (SIGT, ASYCUDA, Service Portals, Municipality, Taxpayer and Integrated State Financial Management System - SIGFE) are in full operation.
“The Public Finance Information and Communication Technologies Service (SETIC-FP) is identifying the extent of the disturbance and the potential constraints caused in the Ministry of Finance's jobs and supervised bodies (… ..)”, he added.
He states that SETIC teams have since then been continuously engaged in the solution and normalization of the email system and the shared documents folder, thus mitigating the impacts of this situation on the productivity of Public Finance employees.
"The Ministry of Finance takes the opportunity to reassure national citizens and the international financial community about the firm commitment to the financial commitments of the Angolan State, in a macroeconomic context of fiscal consolidation", attests the document.
This was the first occurrence recorded this year.
