Questão 2536280

Text for the questions 14 and 15.

Brazilian government confirms ransomware attack on National Treasury

1 The Ministry of Economy of the Government of

Brazil announced that the internal network of the National

Treasury was impacted by a ransomware attack. According

4 to the Ministry, the ransomware attack was discovered on

Friday night, but it is not known when the intrusion first took

place. At present, the ransomware attack is being

7 investigated by cyber security specialists from the National

Treasury Secretariat and the Digital Government

Secretariat.

10 On Friday night (13) a ransomware attack on the

internal network of the National Treasury Secretariat was

identified. Containment measures were immediately

13 applied and the Federal Police called.

“In this first stage, it was evaluated that the action

did not damage the structuring systems of the National

16 Treasury Secretariat, such as the Integrated Financial

Administration System (SIAFI) and those related to Public

Debt. Sanitary measures are being taken. New information

19 on the subject will be disclosed in a timely manner and with

due transparency”, the Ministry said.

In recent times, a number of federal institutions in

22 Brazil have been targeted by ransomware actors. For

instance, in November last year, a ransomware attack struck

Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice, enabling hackers to

25 infiltrate the network and forcing authorities to shut down

the network.

In June, Brazil’s largest medical diagnostics

28 company Grupo Fleury also suffered a debilitating

ransomware that forced it to take systems offline and

initiate restoration operations. Bleeping Computer reported

31 that the firm suffered a REvil ransomware attack, with the

REvil gang demanding as much as \$5 million in

cryptocurrency. It is not known if a ransom was ultimately

34 paid.

Internet: https://www.teiss.co.uk/

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