Due to a possible cyber attack, the Federal Air Transport Agency switched to paper workflow

A possible cyber attack on the systems of the Federal Air Transport Agency led to a failure of electronic document management and the loss of documents in electronic form, sources told RBC. The head of the department Alexander Neradko said,

Due to a cyber attack, the Federal Air Transport Agency switched to paper document management, follows from the telegram of the head of the department Alexander Neradko, a copy of which RBC has. The document was also published by the Aviatorshina Telegram channel.

According to the document, the decision was made "due to the temporary lack of access to the Internet and a failure in the electronic document management system of the Federal Air Transport Agency." “The order of document circulation is determined by the current instruction on office work. Information interaction will be carried out through the AFTN channel (for urgent short messages), courier mail and postal items by Russian Post, the text says.

The authenticity of the telegram was confirmed by a RBC source in the aviation authorities. According to him, law enforcement agencies are investigating the situation with the failure of the agency's electronic document management system, which occurred due to a hacker attack this weekend.

RBC sent inquiries to the press services of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Russian Investigative Committee.

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