HE City of Rio de Janeiro website suffered a cyberattack last Monday (15) and has since been Out of service. The malicious act affects the availability of various online services in the city, such as issuing electronic invoices and registering for social benefits with CadÚnico, among others.
Systems responsible for Urban Property and Territory Tax collection (property tax) and Property Transfer Tax (ITBI) and some systems in healthcare also did not exist. With the hacker attack, many secretariats had to resort to “old” paper and telephone so as not to paralyze activities.
The campaign targeted the town hall’s data center and the town hall’s main website, carioca grade and the portal carioca digitalwhere various digital services available to the public are gathered. The invasion was recorded by the authorities at the Computer Crime Suppression Police Station (DRCI).
According to Rio mayor Eduardo Paes, The goal of cybercriminals was to steal sensitive data stored in the organization’s systems.. He also reported that the services offered through the municipality portal were preemptively taken off the air to ensure the protection of information.
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Also, according to Paes, experts from the Municipal Information Technology Corporation (IplanRio) are already managed to regain control of the system administration. However, the affected platforms will remain offline until it is possible to verify the security of the digital medium..
“We’re sorry for the inconvenience caused to you, and we emphasize that our teams are working day and night to get the Cariocas and Municipal Portal systems back to normal,” the mayor wrote on his Instagram profile (18) this Thursday. . It also affirmed that no taxpayer would be harmed in relation to the payment of taxes.
Rio City Hall’s main website, Nota Carioca portal and other official pages are currently unavailable and there is no estimate of when they will return to the air. An alternative for those who want to ask questions about the services offered by the municipal administration is to call the municipality. Ccitizen service entrancealso phone 1746.
Source: Tec Mundo
