The department’s IT services have not been operational since November 6, but social benefits and wages are paid, assures the president of the departmental council, who promises not to pay the ransom.
Le Monde with AFP
“I have no reason to pay this ransom,” said Jean-François Parigi, president (Les Républicains) of the Seine-et-Marne Departmental Council on Thursday, November 17, to which IT pirates behind ‘IT services paralysis require $ 10 million. The ransom request was discovered just a few days ago, a priority having been given at first “to security” of the systems, advised advice, without more details on its authors.
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The department’s IT services have not been operational since Sunday, November 6. This “major” hack was discovered on Monday in the morning. The investigation, opened by the Paris prosecutor’s office, was entrusted to the cybercrime (BL2C) and the sub-directorate of the fight against cybercrime (SDLC) of the judicial police.
At this stage, “we are not aware of a leakage of personal data,” said Parigi, adding that checks were still in progress. Social benefits and salaries of departmental agents “are paid” under “the continuity of services”. “All agents continue to work” but “old-fashioned”, on paper or with mobile phones, he continued, without putting forward a delay for a return to normal.
With an annual budget of 1.5 billion euros, the Departmental Council is notably responsible for the payment of the allowance to disabled adults (AAH), the RSA (active solidarity income) and the allowance Personalized autonomy (APA) to “tens of thousands of beneficiaries”. Because of this cyber attack, the vote of the next budget was postponed at the beginning of 2023.
The Corbeil-Essonnes hospital in August, the city of Caen in September or the department of Seine-Maritime in October have already been the subject of such acts. In November, Russian computer hackers also attacked Medibank, the Australian insurance giant, and accessed the data of 9.7 million insured, according to Australian police.