NRW Interior Ministry: malicious software puts computer lame – THE WORLD

Dusseldorf (dpa / lnw) – An unknown software for hours paralyzed the computer of the North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Interior on Wednesday. As a spokesman for the authority confirmed on request of the German press agency, part of the information technology in the administration had to be shut down as a precaution. Safety-related systems were affected, but neither the police nor the protection of the constitution. From a targeted attack on data of the National Administration will not be considered, said the spokesman.

However, employees of the Interior Ministry were severely restricted and only accessible by phone , IT experts from the bureau of criminality and specialists in computer security are in charge of determining the causes and searched on Wednesday even after a solution. Other state agencies have been warned. The malicious software locks the computer and calls to make a payment in order to resolve the issue.

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