Vehicle registration and more services continue to be suspended, the ANT reported

Attention in the National Transit Agency (ANT) will remain suspended nationwide until further notice. The entity reported, on October 25, that its services and the vehicle registration remains inactive due to the digital attack on the AXIS system last week.

The institution did not say when care will be restored. “Pending shifts for licensing procedures will be rescheduled”, Indicated the ANT through social networks.

User Patricio Chonillo consulted the Agency if during the holiday it will be possible to circulate with the expired license. The ANT responded that, if the license expired from January 1, 2020, it is possible to continue driving and the person will not be sanctioned until December 31, as long as they have the expired document or the report of theft or loss, the proof original payment and the printed shift.

Likewise, Fausto Tixi stated that had a turn to renew his license for October 28, at 3:00 p.m. “Are you going to reschedule that shift?” Tixi asked. The ANT reiterated that attention continues to be suspended and that any information in this regard will be published on its social networks.

Licensing was interrupted; ANT links this to a cyber attack

By this situation, the Metropolitan Transit Agency (AMT) of Quito He also reported that online registration processes cannot be carried out normally. In addition, the inquiries of values ​​to pay and vehicle release of the Vehicle Retention Centers are temporarily out of service.

The computer attack suffered by the ANT prevents provincial directorates and decentralized autonomous governments (GAD) They can comply with some procedures, such as the delivery of licenses and vehicle registrations, on a regular basis. (I)