The National Securities Commission (CNV) announced this afternoon that it was possible to control and isolate the cyber attack carried out on the computer equipment, for which a group of hackers had taken the agency’s platforms offline and demanded the payment of US$500,000.
The body reported in a statement to which it agreed Ambit that after becoming aware of the attack, the action protocol was launched by which the advance of the virus could be controlled. “It was possible to isolate the equipment and all communication with the outside to prevent the spread of malicious code,” explained the CNV.
Subsequently, the agency’s work team began the process of reestablishing the services, which was done “gradually in order to achieve full operation, which is still in process.”
Cyber attack on the CNV
On June 7, the organization was the victim of an attack carried out with a type of malicious code of the ransomware type, known as Medusa. The attackers claimed half a million dollars within a week so as not to leak documents and databases.
According to the CNV statement, the information taken by the attackers “is the public information that the regulated upload in the Financial Information Highway, which is the main communication channel that the CNV maintains with its regulated.”
In addition, they clarified that “the issuances and other procedures initiated by the regulated are being approved according to the needs of each requirement”, which did not affect the functioning of the agency.
From the regulatory body of the financial market, they announced that the fact will be denounced before the Justice “so that it can investigate the origin and responsibilities of the attack.”
According to the Bleeping Computer site, “The ransomware operation known as Medusa began gaining traction in 2023, targeting corporate victims around the world with ransom demands of millions of dollars.”
Although the operation came into operation in June 2021, only this year is it gaining more strength since “the ransomware gang increased its activity and launched a ‘Medusa Blog’ which is used to leak data from victims who refused to pay a ransom”specified the specialized site.
They also remarked that “Medusa gained media attention this week after it claimed responsibility for an attack in the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) district and shared a video of the stolen data.”
Source: Ambito
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