Cyberattacks against Catalan government triple in a year

Low-intensity cyberattacks against the Catalan government increased by 200% during the first week of September in comparison with the same period last year. Yet, Catalan president Carles Puigdemont says his administration is ready to tackle the threat that cyberattacks pose.

“The Catalan government has a very powerful cyber-umbrella which can respond, just like it is doing right now, to the attacks that constantly come from around the world,” Puigdemont said during a visit to the Catalan Cybersecurity Agency on Monday.

Since 2009, the agency (formerly the Catalan Center for Information Security, or Cesicat) has faced more than 460 million cyberattacks, out of which 26,000 turned into cyber incidents, or attacks which compromise the system.