Dominican government entities have been affected by cyber-attacks by Russian and Chinese hackers, as reported in Hoy. The newspaper reports it has had access to a document that reveals that the National Cybersecurity Center (CNCS) has detected an unusual increase in cyberattacks on government entities. As reported, Minister of the Presidency Lisandro Macarrulla has warned government entities about the need to take measures to curb the vulnerability risk of the country’s information systems.
As reported in Hoy, Macarrulla, who presides the board of directors of the CNCS stated in the letter dated 22 January 2021 that the entities have the obligation to reinforce and protect information and systems. The alert comes after a recent attack of hackers to the databases of the National Budget Agency (Digepres), the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), and the National Statistics Office (ONE).
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Hoy
26 January 2021