No personal data leaked in hacker attack

No personal data leaked in hacker attack
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fullscreen The Russian hacker group Akira is suspected of being behind the IT attack against the payroll system Primula. Archive image. Photo: Linus Sundahl-Djerf/Svd/TT

No personal data has been leaked from the payroll system Primula in connection with the hacker attack on January 20, according to the final report that the State Service Center has received from the IT supplier Tietoevry.

It concerns personal data such as salaries, absences and social security numbers for approximately 60,000 state employees.

– Tietoevry has analyzed all data since the incident and found that there has been no personal data leakage. We have no reason to doubt it, but feel safe with it, says Peter Stöckel, head of department at the Statens service center, to the newspaper Publikt.

Primula was down for just under two weeks after the attack. After the restart, the Statens service center has had a hard time catching up with the payroll administration and has been forced to work overtime.

– Now we are nearing the end of this difficult handling, says Stöckel.

The February salaries for employees at the authorities concerned will arrive on time, he promises.

The Russian-linked hacker group Akira has been singled out for the cyber attack.

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