The Deputy Prime Minister, Belinda Balluku, the director of AKSHI, Linda Karcanaj, and the representative of Microsoft's special team for cyber security, Kevin Chin, came out today in a statement to the media where they gave the details about the cyber attack on the government portal e- Albania.
Balluku has considered this as a genuine war, as he confirmed the cooperation with Microsoft and the FBI
"This is the first communication after the massive aggression. Today I am with the director of AKSHIT and representatives of Microsoft. This aggression is a real war. We will monitor the situation. The systems are recovering and returning to normal. Our vigilance is maximum.
Yesterday, there was another meeting of the cyber defense committee. Tasks were left for all actors in the field and decisions were made for cooperation with Microsoft, but also the FBI, which gave us support from the first day, or other intelligent services," said Balluku.
The director of AKSHI, Linda Karçanaj, stated that 98% of online services are back in operation after the cyber attack that government websites suffered a few days ago. She said that no data was deleted while emphasizing that there were two types of attacks.
"The public administration has returned to normality and the work process step by step. Malicious activity has been isolated. AKSHI is working with Microsoft partners.
This attack had never happened in the history of our country. There were two types of attacks. The first activity was a type of Rowsomere that aims to obtain data against a payment.
But in this case it was to distract from the real purpose of the data wipe attack. There was no data loss thanks to the fast response. International cyber security protocols and policies have been implemented. The systems were verified one by one to be sure of every element before they were brought back online.
The official websites of the ministries and the fiscalization system were back in operation within 12 hours. DPSHTRR as well as the Customs Directorate, the Fund with the electronic prescription. Over 98% of online services are already operational. Four days after the attack, E-Albania returned to service for part of the services", she declared.