Brazil’s Superior Tribunal de Justiça has temporarily shut down after a suspected ransomware attack.
The Tribunal (STJ) is second-highest of Brazil’s courts and is the highest court that decides on federal matters other than constitutional law. At the time of writing, the court’s website consists of nothing but a series of updates on the attack. Those notifications state that a virus attack was detected on November 3, when court networks were shut down as a precaution.
The most recent update says the attacked encrypted data related to legal proceedings, email, and administrative contracts. The statement says the data has been backed up and that work to restore systems is under way, with court business to resume on Monday November 9. Which will be more than welcome because hundreds of cases have been suspended due to the inciden ..
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