The Defense Minister said this Friday that “the institutions are doing their job” in the face of signs of computer attacks on the General Staff of the Armed Forces (EMGFA), investigated by the authorities, and called for “calm and prudence.”
Today we come to talk about cooperation with Cape Verde, but the only thing I can say is that the institutions are doing their job and we must be calm, prudent and attentive so that this happens in the best conditions”, replied the minister. of the National Defense, Helena Carreiras, when asked by Lusa about the evolution of this case.
The minister was speaking at the end of a meeting with her Cape Verdean counterpart, at the São Julião da Barra fort, and declined to add more information.
The National Cybersecurity Center (CNC) confirmed this Wednesday “indications of computer attacks on the administrative network of the General Staff of the Armed Forces (EMGFA)” and the Public Ministry (MP) is investigating the cybercrime.
Having identified signs of computer attacks on the administrative network of the EMGFA, on September 27 the necessary measures were immediately taken to ensure the strengthening of its integrity and resilience and the competent authorities were informed for the investigation of these incidents, “he replied. . CNC on Wednesday, after being questioned by the Lusa agency.
The Attorney General’s Office (PGR) also confirmed to Lusa that “the facts denounced by the Ministry of National Defense are being investigated” within the framework of an investigation that is being carried out in the Central Directorate of Investigation and Criminal Action (DCIAP) “.
The newspaper Diário de Notícias (DN) advanced on Wednesday with the information of a new “serious” computer attack on the EMGFA network, “with the possibility of extradition of documents and reports.”
For its part, Notícias ao Minuto wrote that the information transmitted by the DN was confirmed to that online newspaper by the Ministry of National Defense, and the Government stated that “it informed the Public Ministry of the occurrence of a computer attack on the EMGFA network ”.
This is the second recorded attack in less than a month (the previous one was on September 8) reported by the DN, which at the time wrote that it was “a prolonged and unprecedented cyberattack against the EMGFA, in which documents from NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO) were extracted and published on the “darkweb”.
At the request of the PSD, the Minister of National Defense, Helena Carreiras, will go to parliament on October 11 to answer the questions of the deputies, behind closed doors, on cyber attacks and computer security of the Portuguese armed forces.
Source: Observadora
