30. May 2022

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The BlackCat ransomware group, also known as ALPHV, has targeted the Austrian federal state Carinthia, demanding $5 million to open encrypted computer systems. The threat actor allegedly locked thousands of workstations during the attack on Tuesday, causing serious operational interruption to government services. 

The website and email service for Carinthia are temporarily down, and the government is unable to issue new passports or traffic penalties. Furthermore, the intrusion hampered the completion of COVID-19 testing and contact tracking through the region’s administrative offices. 

For $5 million, the hackers offered to deliver a functioning decryption tool. Gerd Kurath, a state spokesperson, told Euractiv that the attacker’s demands will not be fulfilled. 

According to the press spokesperson, there is presently no proof that BlackCat was able to take any data from the state’s systems, and the aim is to restore the workstations using accessible backups. Kurath stated that the first of the 3,000 impacted systems are likely to be operational again soon. 

At the time of writing, there is no material from Carinthia on BlackCat’s data leak site, where hackers post files taken from victims who did not pay a ransom. This might imply a recent incident or t

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