The Urban Planning Management of Córdoba stops an attempted cyber attackfreepik
The Municipal Urban Planning Management of Córdoba has managed to stop a cyber attack attempt which, fortunately, has been detected by the Córdoba City Council’s cybersecurity systems and has been thwarted. Specifically, the cyberattack was detected late yesterday afternoon when IT services located an attempt to ransomwarewhich in computing is a type of malware or malicious code that prevents the use of the equipment or systems it infects. In these cases, the cybercriminal takes control of the infected computer or system and “hijacks” it in various ways, encrypting the information, locking the screen, etc.
Municipal sources report that The attack could have been “thwarted, detected and neutralized” and they also guarantee that has not caused damage to sensitive information nor has it encrypted any file thanks to the computer security filters and barriers that Management has.
Fortunately, on this occasion the cyberattack has been stopped unlike what happened in May when Prepay Technologiesthe company that manages the recharge network Aucorsasuffered an attack and left card loading machines out of service that are located on board buses Cordova and in certain establishments.
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