The National Insurance Board (NIB) will be closed for the remainder of this week after it was the victim of a ransomware attack.
In a release on Boxing Day, the NIB advised that ALL of its offices will be closed from today, Wednesday, 27th December, to Friday, 29th December as the company assesses its systems after having experienced a ransomware attack yesterday – Tuesday, 26th December.
The NIB said that all steps are being taken to protect their data integrity and technology hardware.
The NIB is also working diligently with its external technology partners, to expeditiously resolve this matter.
The NIB said it already reported the incident to the TT Cyber Security Incident Response Team under the Ministry of National Security and working with this team toward a resolution.