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(CNN Spanish) --
The Senate of Puerto Rico suffered a cyberattack on Wednesday that affected its computer systems, as confirmed by the president of that legislative body, José Luis Dalmau.
"Early this morning (Wednesday) we identified a cybersecurity incident and activated the Senate's internal security protocol and reported the situation to the relevant authorities, as well as specialized personnel to begin an evaluation of the information systems," he reported. Dalmau through a press release.
Dalmau said that the cybersecurity incident has not involved the loss of public funds and indicated that the Senate's operations will be resumed with external information safeguards as soon as analysts determine that the incident has been mitigated.
“At the moment, there is no evidence that sensitive information of Senate employees, contractors or consultants has been exposed and specialized personnel are conducting an analysis to determine the scope of this incident,” he reported.
The Senate reported that the investigation of the incident is being carried out with the support of the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (PRITS) and was reported to local and federal authorities.