Government agencies face new hacking attack

The Institutional Security Office (GSI) released a note late on Monday (13) informing that there were new attacks by hackers against government agencies. The GSI did not disclose which services or ministries were attacked, only that "cyber incidents occurred against government agencies in a cloud environment".

According to the note, cloud service providers are cooperating with the government to solve the problem and that the government is acting "in a coordinated way to resume services, which are being reactivated as the treatment takes place."

The GSI reported that several teams are being "guided on evidence preservation procedures" and that the "guidance issued have strictly followed good practices in
handling incidents.” According to the note, collaboration between the various bodies involved has been fundamental and effective.

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