Russian cyberattack leaves CSIC offline for several days

The “ransomware” attack occurred on July 16 and 17 and was similar to the attack on NASA or Max Planck. So far, just over a quarter of CSIC centers have already regained connectivity to the network

The The Supreme Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), An agency of the Ministry of Science and Innovation received a ransomware-type cyber attack on July 16 and 17, as reported Tuesday by the administration headed by Diana Morant.

In this sense, the ministry indicated that the cyber attack was detected on July 18 and the protocol flagged by the Center for Cyber ​​Security Operations (COCS) and the National Cryptographic Center (CCN) was activated “immediately”.

“This attack is similar to the attack on other research centers such as the Max Planck Institute or the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in the United States (NASA),” Science said.

He pointed out that in the absence of the final report of the investigation, “experts pointed out that The origin of the cyber attack comes from Russia Noting that, so far, no loss or hijacking of sensitive or confidential information has been detected.

It also highlighted that the procedures followed to control and resolve the attack led to the cutting off of network access in various centers, following the strict international protocol necessary to stop the incident and to ensure that the attack did not spread to the existing centers. Not directly affected.

So far, just over a quarter of CSIC centers already have network connectivity and in the next few days it will be restored across the network of centers. CSIC has multiple security mechanisms in place that prevent more than 260,000 attacks registered daily, according to ministry data.

After the attack, Juan Ignacio Lopez Pas Valero and Mara Moz Vidal, deputies of the Ciudadanos parliamentary group, submitted a question requesting a written response to the downfall of CSIC Internet services.