Mallorca’s Calvià City struggles to recover after €10M ransom attack

Calvià City, located in the Mediterranean hotspot of Mallorca, Spain, was hit with the ransomware attack on Saturday, January 13th. The Calvià City Council, which has refused to pay its attackers a €10 million ransom demand, says it's hoping to achieve a "prompt recovery of systems" after most city services were knocked offline over the weekend.

“In the past, we’ve seen ransomware attacks take down organizations for months while IT teams work to restore service and data,”

The Council stated that 90% of the city’s ​​”tax management and collection” should be restored by next Monday, January 29th, followed by the gradual recovery of other systems. The city has suspended all administrative deadlines until January 31st.

Ryan McConechy, CTO of Barrier Networks, described the attack as “a major incident” affecting services in Mallorca in the latest article published in CyberNews.