Swiss administration hit by cyber attack

Swiss authorities are investigating a cyber attack on the IT company Xplain, whose clients include many federal and cantonal government departments, including the army and customs.

The online attack was revealed on Saturday by the newspaper Le Temps, which reported that “several cantonal police forces, the Swiss army and the Federal Office of Police (Fedpol) have been indirectly affected”.

Xplain “has been the victim of a cyber attack by the PLAY ransomware group and has therefore filed a complaint with the Berne cantonal police,” company director Andreas Loewinger told AFP.