Massive cyber attack on IT systems in Sweden

– International News – Tasnim News Agency According to the Austrian newspaper “Di Presse”, in Sweden, many institutions and companies are disrupted due to widespread cyber attacks. have became. Attackers said to be based in Russia have successfully attacked a major national cloud hosting provider with their Akira ransomware. have been subjected to a cyber attack. As a result, the Swedish government’s centralized human resources system and numerous online stores, including the country’s largest cinema chain, were affected by the attack. Russian hackers are believed to be behind this attack.

According to the company, one of its data centers was attacked on Saturday night. Subsequently, the online stores of many Swedish companies that are customers of Tietoevry were no longer available. The disruption to the official personnel system meant that civil servants could no longer enter their overtime hours or apply for leave. According to Tietoevry, due to the nature of the incident and the number of customer-specific systems. that require recovery, the recovery process may take several days or even weeks. 120 government agencies and more than 60,000 employees are affected by these conditions. Initial analysis shows that Akira ransomware was used. This ransomware, which encrypts all data on a computer and locks out its owners, is still relatively new on the market. This malware was registered for the first time in March 2023 and is one of the growing ransomware family.

Cybersecurity should be for all society, said Carl Oscar Boehlin, Minister of Civil Protection in the X SMS service. , whether for the public sector or for the private sector, should be a priority. Work is now underway to resolve the issues. A detailed investigation will then be carried out into the incident.

The Swedish Civil Emergency Agency (MSB) said the attack should be seen as a wake-up call. Margaret Palmqvist from MSB told the Swedish news agency TT about this: “Sweden has become digital very quickly, but in general we have not invested enough time and resources in cyber security.

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