The Senate suffered an attack by hackers with information theft

The Senate of the nation denounced this Friday that last January 12 at 4 in the morning he suffered a attack by hackers who hijacked public information. As TN learned from parliamentary sources, the cyberattack included the HR data theft.

“This type of attack, called ransomware, were perpetrated in recent months against various public bodies, the Judiciary and front-line companies,” the Senate reported on its Twitter account.

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“The pirates “hijack” the information and then demand a ransom for it. In the case of the Senate of the Nation, all the stolen information is public and available to everyone and all within our transparency site,” he added.

The Upper House reported that the Computer Security team is already working and “so far Most of the information was retrieved. relevant and isolate sensitive equipment, which will allow us to recover operations as soon as possible”.

“They stole the entire database: the official website, emails and human resources information. They will be able to publish, for example, salary receipts. But it’s all public,” a source from the official Senate bloc told TN.

For these hours, the official page of the Upper House is out of service, with a sign that indicates: “Sorry for the inconvenience, the site is under maintenance”.

This is not the first cyber attack on a public agency. In October 2020, a group of hackers theft information from the National Directorate of Migration, which was published after the millionaire’s “rescue” request failed to prevent its dissemination.

In mid-October 2021, it became known that a database of the National Registry of Persons (Renaper) was leaked and appeared for sale on the Web, although the agency assured him that it was not a hack.

Attack on the Senate: what is ransomware

ransomware are malicious programs that encrypt computer files and force their users to pay a sum of money, often in the form of virtual currency, to recover their use in order to leave no trace.

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These mechanisms are used both in computers and in tablets and phones and can affect individuals, companies and institutions.

News that is being updated.