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Last week, Coppel, one of the largest stores in Mexico, experienced a series of problems in its system for physical and digital stores. In this way, the company has confirmed that it suffered from an attack that caused a series of problems for all users in recent years, and which could have eliminated the debt of more than two million people.
According to Coppel, they do suffer from a failure in some of their systems, which is why they activated the corresponding protocols to address the situation and protect the information of customers, employees and suppliers. With this, They have stated that they have no evidence of data theft. However, it seems that this ransomware attack had a different objective, since the debt of millions of people has disappeared overnight
Although Copper has not yet confirmed this information, multiple users have reported that their debts with this store have disappeared. In a specific case, A user indicated that the more than $30 thousand pesos that he had to pay are no longer in the system. However, this does not mean that these people will no longer have to pay.
According to Rafa Emilio, a lawyer, the disappearance of the debt of the servers is not contemplated in the Civil Code, so it will still be necessary to pay. Along with Coppel, the attack also affected BanCoppel, which has presented severe failures in recent days, and it is unknown when this will be solved.
Although Coppel has not confirmed the disappearance of the debt, It is speculated that the data of more than two million people have disappeared from this database. We can only wait to see what will happen in this case, and with all the people whose debts no longer appear. In related topics, Amazon cancels several Nintendo games. Similarly, Amazon reduces the visual quality on Prime Video.
Author’s Note:
This is a pretty interesting situation. Although the law says that debts still need to be paid, it is likely that someone will find a way to avoid this fate, something that will not be easy, but it is a risk that many would be willing to pay.
Via: The Impartial
