{"id":7799,"date":"2022-12-12T19:06:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T10:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/?p=7799"},"modified":"2023-02-06T19:09:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T10:09:27","slug":"cyber-attack-against-belgium-city-of-antwerp-claimed-by-play-ransomware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyberenso.jp\/en\/cyber-attack-against-belgium-city-of-antwerp-claimed-by-play-ransomware\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyber attack against Belgium city of Antwerp claimed by Play ransomware"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7799\" class=\"elementor elementor-7799\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3c7724 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3c7724\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-58dcf68\" data-id=\"58dcf68\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b412c6c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b412c6c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Thursday 5<sup>th<\/sup> of December 2022, Digipolis, the IT company responsible for managing the Belgium city of Antwerp\u2019s IT systems, suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted the city&#8217;s IT, email, and phone services. It was reported that many of the city&#8217;s Windows applications were no longer available, and City council member\u00a0Alexandra d&#8217;Archambeau\u00a0publicly tweeted that email was not available. It also resulted in the city warning\u00a0that almost all services are unavailable or significantly delayed, including job applications, use of libraries, and new agreements with the city.<\/p><p>At first, it was unclear who was behind the cyber attack, although local media had confirmed that it was a ransomware attack. However, over the weekend, it was noted that the Play ransomware operation had started listing Antwerp as one of its victims. The entry claimed to have stolen 557 GB of data during the attack, including personal information, passports, IDs, and financial documents.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday 5th of December 2022, Digipolis, the IT company responsible for managing the Belgium city of Antwerp\u2019s IT systems, suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted the city&#8217;s IT, email, and phone services. It was reported that many of the city&#8217;s Windows applications were no longer available, and City council member\u00a0Alexandra d&#8217;Archambeau\u00a0publicly tweeted that email was not available. 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