A ransomware attack disrupted the IT network of the City of Liege

guest · Jun 22, 2021

A ransomware attack disrupted the IT network of the City of Liege
Belgium city of Liege has suffered today a ransomware attack
June 22, 2021
https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/119240/malware/city-of-liege-ransomware.html

Liege, one of the biggest cities in Belgium, was hit by a ransomware attack that has disrupted the IT network of the municipality and its online services.

“The City of Liège is currently the victim of a large-scale targeted computer attack, obviously of a criminal nature.” reads the status page published by the city. “The City of Liège, surrounded by experts of international competence, analyzes the scale of this attack and its consequences, in particular in terms of duration on the partial unavailability of its IT system. It is doing everything to restore the situation as soon as possible. Services to the public are currently heavily impacted.”
In response to the attack, IT staff shut down its network to avoid the malware from spreading.
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Belgian media speculate the involvement of the Ryuk ransomware gang citing a source informed about the event.

“The City of Liège, whose computer system has experienced a serious failure since Monday morning, is the target of a ransom demand via ransomware named “Ryuk”. This is what we learned from a good source, a few hours after the observation of this computer failure, which affects many services, such as the civil registry and district town halls.” reported RTC Tele Liege.
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