Panama’s economy and the Ministry of Finance (MEF) have revealed that one of its computers can be compromised in a cyber attack.
The government said that it activated safety processes for these conditions, stating that the phenomenon lies and the core system has not been affected which are important for its operation.
“The Ministry of Economy and Finance informed the public that today an incident was revealed on one of the working places of the ministry,” an officer in an officer said in an officer. statement,
“The established security protocols were immediately activated, and the preventive measures in the entire IT system were reinforced to include infiltration.”
“It is important to emphasize that none of the central systems or platforms of Mef have compromised and they continue to operate normally.”
Panama’s MEF is an important ministry in the country, which manages fiscal policy, public spending and debt management. The most important thing is that this Panama Canal handles revenue, which is the biggest source of income of the country.
Mef says that individual and institutional data are safe, and all industry-standard measures to prevent future events.
Inc Ransom Gongever However has claimed an attack in a post on its data leak site last week. Hackers say that they have stolen more than 1.5 TB of data from the system of MEF including email, financial documents, budget details, and more.
The Threat Group added MEF to their list of victims on the dark web on 5 September, and leaked data samples as internal documents as proof of breech.
Source: Bleepingcomputer
Bleepingcomputer contacted Mef to ask about the validity of Ink Rancem’s claims, but we have not received response from the time of publication.
Ink Rancem emerged in mid-20123 as Rainsmore-A-Sarvis (RAAS). He targeted several high-profile victims such as Yamaha Motor, Zerox Business Solution, NHS of Scotland, McLaren Health Care, The Texas State Bar and Ehold Delhaiz.
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