On the night between January 20 and 21, the IT company Tieto Evry was hit by an extensive IT attack. The IT attack was a ransomware attack, which is usually used in extortion. Tieto Evry is hired by the Statens service center, which manages salaries for 125,000 employees, which The world of work previously reported on.
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It is a pay system in particular, Primus, that is affected. There, salaries are provided to 60,000 employees at 125 authorities. Since the salary had already been handled, it could be paid on the 25th, but it’s even worse with sick leave. The problems remain and the dialogue between Tieto Evry and the Statens service center is still ongoing.
– We have continuous contact, he says Caroline Johansson Sjöwall who is a communicator for the State Service Center for News24.
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Can’t rule out that personal data was leaked
– At present, the system is completely shut down. Notifications of illness may be registered in another way.
The Statens service center does not know whether personal data was leaked or not.
– Tieto has not been able to say that it leaked. But they also cannot rule out that it was not leaked, says Peter Stöckel, head of the State’s service center to Arbetsvärlden.
Johansson Sjöwall tells Nyheter24 that work is underway to prevent this type of IT attack.
– We carry out continuous security work regarding our systems. In this case, it is Tieto Evry that has been subjected to an IT attack.
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