Ecuador's state-run Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicación (CNT) suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted its business operations.
- Ransomware attacks disrupt business operations, the repayment site and the customer support system of CNT.
- According to BleepingComputer, the attack was conducted by a ransomware operation referred to as Ransom EXX.
Ecuador's state-run Corporación Nacional de Telecomunicación (CNT) suffered a ransomware attack that disrupted its business oerations.
CNT is Ecuador’s state-run telecommunication service provider that supplies fixed-line phone service, mobile, satellite TV and internet connection.
This week, the CNT website began showing an alert that they endured an attack and that customer care and online payment are no longer accessible.
“Today, July 16, 2021, the National Telecommunications Corporation, CNT EP, filed a complaint with the State Attorney General's Office for the crime of “attack on computer systems "so that the preliminary investigation is carried out and responsible," read the alert.
“This attack affected the care processes in our Integrated Service Centers and Contact Center; In this regard, we indicate to our users that their services will not be suspended for non-payment.”
“We must inform our clients, massive and corporate, that their data is They are duly protected. We also inform you that services such as calls, internet and television, operate normally.”
Even though CNT has not specified about the ransomware attack, BleepingComputer believes that the attack was conducted by a ransomware operation known as RansomEXX.
Security researcher Germán Fernández shared with BleepingComputer a hidden link to the group's data leak site that informs CNT that the gang would leak information stolen during the attack if CNT did not pay a ransom.
This page is currently hidden from the public and can only be accessed via the direct web link. These hidden pages are normally included in ransom notes to verify that a ransomware operation stole data during an attack.
In CNT's press statement, the company claims that corporate and customer data are protected and have not been exposed.
The RansomEXX gang claims to have stolen 190 GB of data and shared screenshots of the papers on the hidden data leak page.
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