Attack on Swedish IT supplier disrupts councils and leaks personal data
A cyber-attack on a Swedish IT systems supplier affected around 200 municipalities. A ransomware attack was suspected, systems in some areas were disrupted and personal information was stolen. It later emerged that the personal information of 1.5 million people had been leaked.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Being confirmed
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Around 200 municipalities affected and personal information of 1.5 million people leaked
- Cause / method
- Suspected ransomware attack on an IT systems supplier
- Location
- Sweden
Timeline
- It emerged that around 200 Swedish municipalities had been affected by an attack on an IT supplier.
- System outages in some areas and the theft of personal information came to light.
- The scale of the Swedish data leak was reported as 1.5 million people.
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