For the entity, the attack occurs 24 hours after it established computer security measures to prevent the sale of shifts.
The care shifts the user of the National Transit Agency (ANT) of procedures such as the delivery of licenses and vehicle registration will be re-scheduled and the new shifts and schedules will be communicated through their social networks.
That was the announcement that the ANT made to report a cyber attack this Thursday to their systems, which prevented compliance with deliveries of vehicle licenses and plates.
The attack on the system, according to the entity, occurs 24 hours after it established computer security measures to avoid selling shifts by the processors and within hours of the implementation of another 50,000 regulatory processes to cancel the fraudulent increase of points, the illicit delivery of professional licenses and non-professionals and the loss of 100,000 processes of vehicle registration delivered without the payment of the corresponding fines.
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“As a result of the cancellation of 35,000 licenses and 3,500 users, the ANT has suffered a series of affectationss to the system and the database, as well as attacks and personal threats to the team of servers in charge of these processes, ”he said in a statement.
Daniel Cardenas, deputy executive director of the ANT, said that services like issuance of licenses, duplicates, locks, unlocks, vehicle cancellations, certificates, data update for people and vehicles, among others, are suspended.
He added that also affects enrollment processes of all the municipalities that have transit competence since they use its system.
Before noon, Cárdenas mentioned that services were suspended for the damage caused by that computer attack that occurred in the early morning hours and that they were working to restore it, although they did not specify a date.
For the official, the solution is not immediate.
Regarding those responsible, he mentioned that they were performing the research internal and external.
According to Cárdenas, his database is backed up and intact.
In the afternoon, the entity indicated that the information on the care schedule will be published, in due course, through its official channels. (I)
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