"Russian Hackers Suspected of Sweden Cyberattack"

According to IT consultancy Tietoery, online services at some Swedish government agencies and shops have been disrupted in a ransomware attack believed to have been carried out by a Russian hacker group.  The company claims that the problem could take weeks to fix.  Tietoery noted that one of its data centers in Sweden was attacked overnight Friday to Saturday, knocking out online purchases at the country’s biggest cinema chain and some department stores and shops.  The centralized human resources system used by Sweden’s national government service center (Statens Servicecenter) was also affected, making it impossible for public sector employees to declare their overtime hours, sick leave, or holiday requests.  The company noted that considering the nature of the incident and the number of customer specific systems to be restored, the restoration process may extend over several days, even weeks.  The company says that 120 government agencies and more than 60,000 employees were affected by the attack.  The company says that ransomware group Akira, which has ties to Russia, is behind the attack.  The company has provided no information about a ransom demand.

SecurityWeek reports: "Russian Hackers Suspected of Sweden Cyberattack"