The municipality has gone into staff mode.
A number of businesses are affected. Schools and preschools are affected, for example, by the fact that digital aids cannot be used in teaching, Mats Linde, head of administration at the children and education administration, tells the Barometern.
And according to P4 The word staff in home health care have problems accessing the patient records.
Tags used to enter premises also do not work, this affects, among other things, ice rinks, swimming pools and sports halls, states P4 Kalmar.
Another consequence of the IT attack is that it has become free to swim in the swimming pool in Kalmar because the payment system is down.
Stopped trespassing
Indications came early on Tuesday morning and the municipality’s server system was then shut down to stop a possible intrusion. According to communications manager Nico Werge, it was clear early on that it was about Akira. So far, Kalmar municipality has not received any demands for the payment of a ransom.
– We have not seen or heard anything like that yet, he says.
It is unclear when the problems may be fixed.
– We have to rise because this can last for a longer time, at least this week, says communications manager Nico Werge.
But Nico Werge says that many important systems are working, such as lifts, infrastructure, fire alarms and medicine cabinets. Out of 384 systems in the municipality, 281 are working.
