The National Bank of Angola (BNA) said in a statement sent to Lusa on Tuesday that it was the target of a computer attack on January 6 “without significant impact on infrastructure and data.”
“On January 6, 2024, the National Bank of Angola recorded a cybersecurity incident mitigated by the institution’s cybersecurity system, without significant impact on its infrastructure and data,” the note said.
Following the incident, BNA claims to have ensured “in a controlled manner” access to technology infrastructure and therefore the “safe and efficient provision of institutional services.”
In a statement, BNA emphasized that its “information systems security management strategy” complies with “internationally recognized standards, principles and recommendations.”
“The processes mentioned above involve the adoption and implementation of mechanisms that best address such situations in a variety of aspects, be it at the identification and monitoring stage or at the cybersecurity risk processing stage, including forensic analysis,” he adds.
Finally, BNA guarantees that it will “continue to provide necessary measures to ensure the security, integrity, reliability and availability of financial institutions’ information systems are operating properly.”
BNA’s statement came a day after Maka Angola, an online portal run by Angolan activist and journalist Rafael Marques, announced that a computer attack said to have occurred on the 8th “hit the bank’s database and its main services.”
“As of this publication, BNA continues to be without effective control over its IT system and without access to public folders, institutional email and other services,” Maca Angola wrote at the time.
According to the portal Rafael Marquez, the computer attack, which it classifies as “ransomware,” “paralyzed for more than 24 hours the System of Payments in Real Time (SPTR), which processes interbank transactions throughout the country, including government financial transactions in Kwanzaa.” .
“The SPTR, in turn, is interconnected with the BNA Integrated Markets and Asset Management System (SIGMA), where all asset market transactions are carried out, namely the purchase and sale of treasury securities and central bank securities,” added Maca Angola.
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Source: CM Jornal
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