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Spain ’ s State Public Employment Service victim of cyberattack
ransomware attack has affected
A IT systems at Spain ’ s State Public Employment Service ( SEPE ).
A statement released by the SEPE said : “ The SEPE is being subjected to a security incident during which the availability of its information and communication systems has been affected .
Steve Forbes , Government Cybersecurity Expert at Nominet , said : “ The cyberattack on the State Public Employment Service ( SEPE ) in Spain highlights just how prolific and problematic ransomware attacks have become , especially against governments .
“ In Spain ’ s case , this is one in a growing list of attacks over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic . It is particularly significant because although no personal data was stolen , SEPE is responsible for benefit payments to the 4 million people currently unemployed in Spain .”
“ The first urgent actions carried out have been carried out as quickly as possible and with the main objective of containing the incident , isolating and , therefore , mitigating its impact on the SEPE systems .”
The attack is particularly significant as the SEPE systems house the data for the nation ’ s four million people who are unemployed as a result of the economy downfall caused by the COVID-19 pandemic . It ’ s also the latest of a number of cyberattacks against Spain over the course of the pandemic .
Nexign invests in development of universal billing
Nexign , a leading Business Support
System ( BSS ) and Internet of Things ( IoT ) solutions provider , has announced the start of the project called ‘ Universal Digital Billing ’.
The project will be funded with investments from Nexign , as well as with a grant from the Russian Fund for the Development of Information Technologies ( RFRIT ) on a targeted and free basis . The sales start is scheduled for 2022 .
The product is intended for both telecom operators and companies from related areas , it can be used by service platforms for the production and distribution of content in various digital networks , as well as by SaaS and PaaS platforms . Providing extensive converged billing capabilities , Nexign ’ s new product will give customers the choice between using mainstream commercial databases and moving to open source database systems , such as PostgreSQL . Thus , flexibility , scalability and availability for both large market players and small companies will be the key advantages of the universal billing .
“ The flexibility and high performance of the universal billing will enable Nexign to support the Digital Transformation strategies of telecom operators and service providers in both local and international markets ,” said Igor Gorkov , CEO of Nexign .
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