After a hacker attack last week, the city municipality of Tulln is "fully operational again in terms of IT". Since Thursday, all services have been available again in the town hall and other affected facilities - only the lending software of the city library is currently not back in operation, it was announced on the website. "The trail leads to Russia," confirmed police spokeswoman Manuela Weinkirn on Friday in response to an APA inquiry about a "Krone" report.

Investigations After Hacker Attack on City Municipality of Tulln

The State Office for the Protection of the Constitution and Counterterrorism (LSE) is investigating. The suspects Igor Turashev and Igor Garshin, who are wanted with a search photo after cyberattacks, among others in Germany, could be behind the act, reported the "Kronen Zeitung" (Friday edition). Whether these or a similarly acting group of perpetrators are responsible for the attack on the city municipality of Tulln cannot be said at this time, according to Weinkirn.

The attack took place on the night of February 11. The servers of the city municipality, which were encrypted after the attack, were reset and almost completely restored through a backup. Only the data from February 10 was lost, it was said. The majority of the required programs and files have been available again since Tuesday. There is currently no evidence of data leakage, but it cannot be ruled out either. The hackers did not respond to an attempted contact, the city municipality reported. External IT experts "will monitor the systems for suspicious activities for some time," it was stated.

(APA/Red)

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