Breaches and incidents
Governo do Tocantins (Brazil): attack attempts force shutdown of state financial system Siafe-TO and transparency portal
The state’s integrated financial administration system Siafe-TO was suspended after cyberattack attempts were identified on Friday 2 Oct, and the...
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What happened
- The state’s integrated financial administration system Siafe-TO was suspended after cyberattack attempts were identified on Friday 2 Oct, and the transparency portal was also taken down preventively; Sefaz said security mechanisms and controls prevented other suspicious transactions and there was no loss to public coffers (Jornal Opcao).
- Root cause: not disclosed.
- No attacker named.
- A task force was set up, Sefaz filed a police report to find the origin, and restoration was planned for the portal on 6 Oct and Siafe-TO by 8 Oct.