e-Albania, 98% of Online Services Restored
The director of AKSHI (National Agency for Information Society), Linda Karçanaj, stated at the press conference that 98% of online services are back in operation after the cyber attack that government websites suffered a few days ago. She said that no data was deleted while emphasizing that there were two types of attacks.
"The public administration has returned to normality and the work process step by step. Malicious activity has been isolated. AKSHI is working with Microsoft partners.
This attack had never happened in the history of our country. There were two types of attacks. The first activity was a type of Rowsomere that aims to obtain data against a payment.
But in this case it was to distract from the real purpose of the data wipe attack. There was no data loss thanks to the fast response. International cyber security protocols and policies have been implemented. The systems were verified one by one to be sure of every element before they were brought back online.
The official websites of the ministries and the fiscalization system were back in operation within 12 hours. DPSHTRR, as well as the Customs Directorate, the Fund with the electronic prescription. Over 98% of online services are already operational. Four days after the attack, E-Albania returned to service for part of the services", she declared.