“As a security measure, all computer networks have been interrupted in order to protect data and a diagnosis is in progress,” the region said in a statement on Monday.
The Guadeloupe region lodged a complaint following a “large-scale cyberattack”stating that it had interrupted all its computer networks to protect its data. “As a security measure, all computer networks have been interrupted in order to protect data and a diagnosis is in progress”the region said in a statement on Monday. “A service continuity plan has been put in place to ensure public service missions”specifies the local entity, which adds that it has filed a complaint and sent a notification to the CNIL.
In an internal communication, sent to agents at the end of the afternoon and consulted by AFP, the regional authorities indicate that a crisis unit has been set up and recommends that agents be extra vigilant. The region said it collaborates with the National Information Systems Security Agency, the National Police and the Gendarmerie.
The region is added to the list of local entities affected in recent months by computer attacks, after the Corbeil-Essonnes hospital in August, the city of Caen at the end of September, the department of Seine-Maritime in October and that of Seine -et-Marne in November. In Essonne, a ransom of 10 million dollars, then reduced to one or two million dollars, according to the sources, had been requested from the hospital center.
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