"Antwerp's City Services Down After Hackers Attack Digital Partner"

Antwerp, Belgium, is working to restore digital services that were disrupted by a cyberattack on its digital provider. The outage has impacted services used by citizens, schools, daycare centers, and law enforcement, all of which have been operating intermittently. An investigation is ongoing, but the limited information available points to a ransomware attack by an unknown threat actor. According to Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN), the hackers were able to disrupt Antwerp's services after breaching the servers of Digipolis, the city's digital partner that provides administrative software. The publication also notes that almost all Windows applications have been impacted. Some departments' phone service was also down. Alexandra d'Archambeau, a councilor from the Wilrijk district, stated that the city's email service was unavailable. According to De Standaard, it received confirmation from an unknown actor that ransomware was the source of the disruption. The city's reservation system has also been shut down, preventing residents from receiving their identity cards. In addition, only travel cards could be collected. The Antwerp Healthcare Company (Zorgbedrijf Antwerpen), which provides residential care services to seniors in the province, was among the services affected by the attack. According to Johan De Muynck, general manager of Zorgbedrijf, the attack rendered the software that tracked who should receive medication inoperable. This compelled the staff at 18 residential care facilities to switch to pen and paper and rely on traditional paper prescriptions for the seniors who required them. This article continues to discuss how a cyberattack has impacted the city of Antwerp, Belgium.

Bleeping Computer reports "Antwerp's City Services Down After Hackers Attack Digital Partner"