After cyberattacks sponsored by the Iranian government, especially the Ministry of Intelligence and the Revolutionary Guard, a hacking that continues under investigation in Albania, it turns out that the only service that has not yet returned is the digital commissariat of the State Police.
Hundreds of citizens reported to the digital police station, even with photos and denouncing each other mostly for illegal constructions and wrong parking. The state police has decided that the digital police station will remain closed due to cyber attacks.
Igli Tafa, general director of the National Authority for Electronic Certification and Cybersecurity AKCESK, tells Top Channel that after the restoration of online public services for citizens, and the leakage of citizens' data, the administrative investigation is still ongoing.
"One of the applications that was thought to be compromised was this type of application due to the way it operated that allowed citizens to upload files that could be infected by malicious actors and these files were attached with malware and then accessed state police files and this could bring all the materials to the Police. Since this danger exists, the police have decided to block it temporarily. As for other sectors, infrastructure, energy, transport, our sector is working both to increase personal and technological capacities and I can say that Albania is now safer than when this attack happened", said Igli Tafa, director general of AKCESK.
With five administration employees accused of not installing antiviruses, the prosecution is preparing to hand them over as defendants for abuse of office. While the investigation that talks about national security is not only waiting for letters of order, but has also included SPAK in cooperation, Top Channel sources inform.
Under the motto think before you click, the institution responsible for cyber security in the country insists that citizens should also be aware of the risks.
"The most frequent reports are those with phishing, dose attack which are the most widespread attacks and recently randsomware. In all cases, the authorities are obliged to notify within four hours our authority, which raises the group. when we see that there are problems, we take measures to avoid the incident. In the case when we see that the information is false, we direct the subject to guide the citizens, especially in the financial sector, not to panic. Even in this field in the banking sector, they must file a report for panic" , said Igli Tafa, general director of AKCESK./ TCH