A poster was replicated over the last weekend extra large in most collection points that the Rapipago network has in the country: “No system”. Gire, the company that owns the non-banking chain, reported this Tuesday than last week was the victim of a cyber attack in his internal systems, so he was forced to pause most operations. However, He announced that he is working to restore services and minimize their impact.
“At Gire Soluciones we want report On 7/12/2022 we detected the activation of a MalwarThe new one that involved the services of Gire Soluciones SAU, despite all cybersecurity systems for the prevention of this type of events are operational,” the company said in an official statement. “Faced with this, we have taken all possible actions to restore normal operation as soon as possible“, he clarified.
The case of Gire is added a series of cyber attacks that have been the victims of large Argentine companies, both public and private, in the last weeks. At the beginning of the month, the state agency Arsat, which deals with data, telephone and television transmission services through land, air and space infrastructures, reported a violation of its computer systems.
Last week, Telecom’s servers were also hit by cybercriminals, which meant that, for example, the digital editions of Clarín and other media, such as Olé and Cadena 3, could not be updated on Sunday the 4th.
The case of Gire is relevant in an economy that is mostly cash-run like Argentina. The company not only manages the largest non-banking network in the country, with 8,000 branches distributed by the different provinces; but also, through Gire Soluciones it is a major player in digital check processing.
“7/12 it was taken over Patterned malware-like activity on the internal networkmainly affecting the systems that Gire Soluciones uses to provide certainrtos services to some financial entities (direct debit, some physical and electronic camera processing support services and other information exchange services),” company sources explained.
The type of virus that entered the systems is a “as yet unnamed variant of recent origin”. To prevent the spread of this malware, Gire quickly blocked operations. “There are no indications of data leaks so far”, They assured and added: “We have sensitive information encryption methods that protect critical information.”
Complaints from users who could not pay for their services or who They have not seen the credited payments made. Slowly, almost a week after the first warning, the systems would be operational again, although with an “emergency” scheme.
“We are providing the services with emergency processes that guarantee the non-spread of the virus, until complete audit tasks of our infrastructure are completed to ensure its complete elimination,” the same sources explained.
The same happens with the operation of digital checks, where after the cyber attack the compensation process was compromised of those same controls. In the company, which is owned by three private banks such as Santander, HSBC and Citibankthey explained: “The e-check service was partially affected last Wednesday, at the beginning of the attack. The contingent was put into operation yesterday (by Monday) so it is gradually recovering.
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Source: Clarin
