Hackers target the Swiss town of Montreux
It is unclear whether the latest attack, which was identified on October 10, resulted in data being stolen, Swiss public radio, RTS, reportedExternal link on Monday.
“The attack may be one to two weeks old at the most,” Dounya
Schürmann-Kabouya, spokesperson for the Riviera Security Association (ASR),
told the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA on Sunday.
Emergency security measures have been taken and a crisis
cell has been set up with the cantonal police. An in-depth analysis is being
carried out with external experts and federal and cantonal specialists.
RTS said the Montreux hack resembled the one targeting the
town of Rolle, also on Lake Geneva, earlier this year. In May, a group of
hackers obtained information, including personal email accounts, passwords and
logins, from Rolle databases. Thousands of files were posted on the Darknet – a
secretive part of the internet often used by criminals – when ransom demands
were rejected.
The group later threatened to target other municipalities,
companies or hospitals.
Ransomware attacks by hackers continue to increase sharply
in Switzerland, with some 2,700 Swiss firms falling victim over the past year,
Beobachter magazine reported last week. Large organisations such as Stadler
Rail, defence contractor Ruag and price comparison website Comparis have
suffered recent attacks.
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