According to information from the newspaper hacker attack of global dimensions, victimizing several multinationals in a total of 74 countries. 6l46b
Both INSS as many other arms of state force, including the Ministry Public of São Paulo and the websites of Court of Justice, ceased their online activities in an attempt to understand the imminence of the attack and prepare protective measures. However, as stated by EXTRA, the INSS already been reached and the stoppage of branches throughout Brazil is a consequence from that.
The INSS stated in a note that only signs of the attack were detected, none of the sites and systems were down, and they are many, revealed whether the WannaCryPtor whether or not it has invaded their systems. Since the afternoon of this Friday (12), images of what would be Social Security computers, displaying the messages from the virus, circulate on the web.
The ransomware causing the hacker attack 5k6k45
baptized as WannaCryptor, the virus is pointed out as the main tool used by hackers in a global attack carried out this morning. In practice, the software takes advantage of a flaw present in the Windows and replicates between multiple PCs on a given system, then it accesses and encrypts the target's entire database, requiring a payment for anyone who wants access to the files.
That's exactly what happened today at the Spanish headquarters of Telefónica: while working, employees with access to the company's internal system were informed that all the data there had been hijacked - the criminals, in turn, demanded a deposit of US$ 300 in bitcoins to restore access.
Brazil suffered 'massive' attacks 27m4y
Update: in a note issued to the newspaper Globe, shortly after 19pm today (12), the Institutional Security Office of the Presidency of the Republic, GSI, reported that Brazilian systems linked to Social Security were really affected. According to the text, the hacker attack had specific effects on the Executive power and, so far, it is unknown how many files were, in fact, stolen.
O dataprev, the technological division of Social Security, would have been the main victim of the attacks in Brazil. Also according to the note from the GSI, a 'large amount of emails with infected files' would have been spread throughout the public istration, although there are no records or evidence that it was widely affected.
