Ovar City Council resumes telephone support after cyberattack, but with delayed response
The municipality's email addresses remain unavailable, as do the BUPi service (Unique Building Counter) and the EcoLinha.

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The municipality's email addresses remain unavailable, as do the BUPi service (Unique Building Counter) and the EcoLinha.

A cyberattack occurred targeting the database system used by the fire department.

Personal data includes the full names of registered firefighters, citizen card numbers, tax identification, social security, health service user numbers (and health subsystems), or driver's license numbers.

Hackers accessed personal data. The Portuguese Firefighters League has already confirmed the incident.

An investigation into the widespread cyberattack that affected various supermarket chains across Europe, including those operating in Portugal.
The public service desk is operating in person only to provide necessary clarifications.

The measure was taken so as not to disadvantage citizens who were unable to proceed with their applications as normal.
