The Custodial Institutions Agency (DJI) is preparing preventively for the (partly) closing of the internet connection, as the Public Prosecution Service was forced to do. The prison organization reports this on Tuesday in a press release. The service works out scenarios and “maps out” what it would mean if she also had to go offline.
Just like the OM, the DJI uses security software Netscaler from the Citrix company, with which employees can log in remotely into the digital working environment. Three weeks ago it was announced that the software was struggling with a security problem. A few days later it became clear that Hackers could break in at the OM.
The hack at the OM is a reason for the DJI for ‘extensive research’, which takes a lot of time due to the size of the system and the complexity of a possible hack. The service speaks of “searching for a pin in a haystack, while you don’t really know what the pin looks like”.
Digital downtime
If the research shows that hackers, as well as the OM, have invaded, the internet connection may have to be turned off ‘partially or entirely’, ‘with all the consequences of it’. For the time being, the DJI says he has “no signals” “who suggest” that this is actually the case.
The vulnerability in Netscaler, the software of the American company Citrix, was announced on 17 June. Previously, a spokesperson for the DJI wanted to do NRC Not saying when their Citrix installation is patched, what is needed to close the software leak. The question now is whether malicious parties have abused the leak before that time.
The consequences are great for the OM, where Lek to almost complete digital standstill has led. Files are difficult to view, e-mail does not work, working remotely is not possible. It is expected that it can take weeks before employees can again use the digital working environment.
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