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Mozambican government admits renewed hacking attempts on official portals yesterday – Lusa
11:41 CAT | 23 Feb 2022
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The Mozambican government yesterday admitted there had been renewed cyber-attacks on official websites, adding that technical measures to strengthen security on the main server were being taken.
“It is important to note that the monitoring systems of the Government’s Computer Incident Response Centre show that attempts at cyber-attacks have not ceased, which justifies and sustains the technical maintenance of the server, in order to guarantee data integrity and normal configuration of all the necessary measures to provide greater security,” the National Institute of Electronic Government (INAGE) indicated.
On Monday, hacking put several Mozambican public and government institution websites out of action, replacing them with a page announcing a cyber-attack.
“Hacked by Yemeni ‘hackers’”, the page said in English, accompanied by a photo of a man with a machine gun and a headscarf, and replicated across a gamut of portals.
Among the targets were the portals of the National Institute for Disaster Management (INGD), the National Road Administration, the Southern Regional Water Administration or the National Land Transport Institute (Inatter).
In Tuesday’s statement, INAGE assured the public that efforts were being made to strengthen security, and this was why some government portals were temporarily inoperative.
“This measure stems from the need to intensify and reinforce cybersecurity mechanisms, meaning that part of the portals may be temporarily inaccessible for consultation,” the note stressed.
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Source: Lusa
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