After the attack, Saúde says he has no prediction of the system’s return

The Ministry of Health released the measures adopted after the folder’s website (www.saude.gov.br/) suffered a hacker attack in the early hours of Friday (10) and went offline. At a press conference, the executive secretary of the Ministry of Health, Rodrigo Cruz, said that there is still no forecast for the system to be reinstated.

“We are working hard, it is too early to give an estimate of the deadline, the DATASUS team is doing all this work together with the company. We don’t have the precise information, oh in two or three days we’ll re-establish. But, as soon as we have a position on the technology team, we will promptly inform everyone”, he said.

After the invasion of the website, the ministry said that the government ordinance that would require, as of this Saturday (11), proof of vaccination against Covid-19 for travelers arriving in Brazil will be postponed until next Saturday (18th). .

With the implementation of the ordinance, travelers who have not been vaccinated for at least 14 days would have to comply with a mandatory quarantine for five days.

The announcement was made after the official website of the Ministry of Health suffered a hacker attack in the early hours of Friday. All portals in the folder, such as “ConecteSUS” and “Portal Covid” are also affected.

Federal Police Inquiry

The Federal Police (PF) said, this Friday (10), that the data from the Ministry of Health website were not encrypted after the cyber attack during this morning. However, Covid-19 case notification systems, the National Immunization Program (PNI) and ConectSUS were compromised.

Ransomware attack

Before the Ministry of Health website (www.saude.gov.br/) went down, a message from the group that allegedly committed the crime was displayed.

The Lapsus$ Group, which claimed responsibility for the cyberattack, says 50 terabytes of information has been removed from the system and is in the group’s possession. “Contact us if you want data feedback”.

The attack took place around 1:00 in the morning. About two hours later, the message went offline and the site has been unavailable for access since.

The portal suffered a “ransomware”, a hacker attack characterized by a system shutdown followed by a ransom demand for release. Given the situation, stricken companies and agencies must make the difficult decision whether or not to pay hackers to remove the interruption.

In update.

Reference: CNN Brasil

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