Ransomware attack at Comparis - criminal investigation ongoing
The comparison portal Comparis was attacked by a cyberattack last Wednesday. According to its own information, no customer data was affected. The IT systems were shut down and they are already working with the police on the investigation.
On Wednesday morning, various Comparis IT systems were blocked, as the comparison portal writes in a statement. In the meantime, the Comparis.ch website is available again as normal. According to the state of knowledge, databases are also not affected by the incident.
The initial investigations had shown that the perpetrators were able to gain access to certain customer-relevant data of the sister company Credaris, whose systems are partly operated in the server environment. A possible data theft is currently the subject of further investigations. Credaris will inform any affected customers directly. The two portals have already called in the criminal prosecution authorities and are working closely with cybercrime specialists. A complaint has been filed against unknown persons.
@Comparis is online again since yesterday evening - after a #Ransomware - attack, 90% of our services are up and running again. We would like to apologize to our users for the inconvenience.
- comparis.ch (@Comparis) July 9, 2021
The work on the restoration of the subsystems is still in progress. The accessibility via e-mail and customer hotline could still be limited, as Comparis writes.
Source: Comparis
