Castellón City Hall confirms a cyberattack
Castellón de la Plana City Hall has confirmed that it has been the victim of a cyberattack which has taken part of its IT systems out of service, as well as its electronic headquarters, tax portal and municipal website.
Work is continuing to restore operations and, according to the investigation which is being carried out, everything indicates that it was an attack to encrypt information (ransomware) without accessing or downloading data. The threat has already been neutralized.
References:
- 30/03/2021 twitter.com Comunicado oficial
- 31/03/2021 twitter.com Comunicado oficial (II)
- 30/03/2021 elmundo.es El Ayuntamiento de Castellón sufre un ciberataque que deja inoperativo su sistema informático
- 31/03/2021 xataka.com El Ayuntamiento de Castellón sufre un ciberataque y se queda sin acceso al sistema informático, web municipal y portal tributario