AKIRA Ransomware Hits Andorra Shopping Centre, Disrupting Loyalty Systems
A cyberattack by the AKIRA group has crippled IT at a major Andorra shopping centre since Friday, exposing customer data and prompting national.
Key Points
- Cyberattack disrupts Avinguda Meritxell shopping centre's IT, hitting loyalty cards with payment and points failures.
- AKIRA ransomware group, active since 2023, linked to attack via double extortion tactics.
- Customer and supplier data, including bank and vehicle info, potentially exposed; no formal police report filed.
- ANC-AD alerts operators nationwide on rising AKIRA scans, urges MFA, patching, and monitoring.
A cyberattack has disrupted operations at a major shopping centre on Andorra's Avinguda Meritxell, affecting customers and suppliers since Friday morning. Clients have reported issues with the store's loyalty card system, which appears to have been a primary target.
The assault, detected in full force early Friday, has crippled the centre's IT infrastructure. Loyalty card users face problems such as failed payments, unrecorded points, and other glitches. Employees have been working over the weekend to restore services, but full recovery remains elusive, with some updates not expected until the end of this week. While manual transactions continue, they are cumbersome.
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