Cyber ​​attack: the situation in local governments is stabilizing

After the cyber attack, the local governments in Schwerin and Ludwigslust-Parchim are working bit by bit on alternative procedures.

However, the question arises as to whether the damage could have been minimized or prevented.

Schwerin (dpa / mv) - In the state capital Schwerin and the neighboring district of Ludwigslust-Parchim, the situation has stabilized after the cyber attack on municipal IT service providers on Friday. With regard to the next week's approaching deadline for the payment of social assistance, Mayor Rico Badenschier said on Wednesday: "We are assuming that it will work". He wanted to take away the fear of the families concerned. The automated transmission of corona data to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) will also start again in the next few days.

After an interim solution for the passport system was found by administrative assistance from other municipalities, which has been in place since Wednesday, according to Badenschier, among other things, the foreigner services and the services of the vehicle registration office remain on construction sites -Parchim outsourced.

From there it is said that they are working on a solution.

This also applies to many other areas: Despite the first analogous procedures as in the health department, it is still not possible to offer circular services in the citizens' offices, among other things.

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Meanwhile, the pirate party MV complained on Wednesday that the cyber attack could have been prevented. “The security gaps were known. It is grossly negligent that nothing was done about it. The responsible digitization minister level must be held responsible here, ”said board member Stephan Martini. The state data protection officer was already aware of the security gap for Windows servers known as the "Hafnium hack" in March.

Martini believes that this is responsible for the attack on Friday.

The investigating authorities themselves have not yet named any causes: “The investigations are currently being carried out.

To this end, the attacked servers are being examined, ”said the Rostock public prosecutor's office.

More information could not be given at the moment.

The digital ministry said on Monday that a lot had been done in recent years to strengthen IT security in the municipalities.

In principle, every municipality and every company is responsible for its own IT security.

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