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The unprecedented cyber attack that affected State Bank, forcing to close all its branches, It started in the Bandera 60 office.
According to the complaint filed by the financial institution for computer sabotage, to which he agreed Third, a worker opened his personal computer on Saturday morning, at which point “a message appeared in which it was indicated that his files had been encrypted and, at the same time, he had to follow instructions to proceed to decrypt them“.
In view of this, the protocols were activated and the cybersecurity management was informed to begin the “security analysis of the internal platform; indicating that a specific user had a problem with his e-mail, which was diagnosed as a malware computer virus, from a workstation located at the Bandera N ° 60 branch, in the commune of Santiago“.
The document adds that cybersecurity forensic team analyzed “patient zero” workstation, and proceeded – on the same day – to disconnect all the computers from the network “and then an analysis of the corporate network traffic to find the executable file associated with the virus, in order to determine the consequences of the virus”, in addition to make backups.
Yes there was data extraction, but “for now they are not significant”
The complaint reiterates that “so far no violation of our clients’ accounts or the bank’s assets has been detected,” although the president of BancoEstado, Sebastián Sichel, acknowledged that it was possible to extract information from the financial institution in the attack.
However, “For now, for the bank, they are not significant.”
The former minister of Social Development indicated that it would be “non-personal programs and data, rather the bank’s operating systems,” as reported by the newspaper.
“That is why we have been able to lift the operation, and what could probably happen these days, is that they try in some way to commercialize or sell this data,” the authority closed.
This Wednesday, the president of BancoEstado spoke before the Senate Economic Commission, where he said that Half of the branches in the country are expected to open this Wednesday.
So far, there are 136 branches operating out of a total of 410.
🔵State Bank: Before the Senate Economic Commission, Sebastián Sichel, announces that he expects to open half of the branches throughout the country today, after an attack by malicious software.
Return to normality? It could be tomorrow. @Cooperative pic.twitter.com/qiC8Ia36Qw
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