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Hacker Attack Disrupts Municipal Systems in Dorotea, Vilhelmina

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Hacker Attack Disrupts Municipal Systems in Dorotea, Vilhelmina
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  • Hacker attack discovered Thursday morning affecting Dorotea and Vilhelmina municipalities
  • Dorotea's finance, library, and cinema operations disrupted
  • Vilhelmina implementing workarounds with broadband restored and finance system running

In Dorotea, the finance department cannot send or receive invoices, and the library has to manage operations physically on site, officials said. Today's cinema in Dorotea has been canceled because computers cannot be used. In Vilhelmina, officials have been able to work around with some solutions, including releasing broadband to external customers.

The finance department in Vilhelmina can pay invoices as their system is running, according to officials. After the Easter break, students can expect a somewhat different type of teaching in the schools, with old-fashioned teaching anticipated, but officials hope to access the internal network during the week. Dorotea and Vilhelmina have been affected in slightly different ways, officials noted.

The identity or motive of the hackers remains unknown, and it is unclear when the computer systems will be fully restored.

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