SINGAPORE: The digital directory service at Tiong Bahru Plaza was affected by the recent ransomware attack that hit systems of dozens of countries earlier this week.
In a statement sent to Channel NewsAsia on Sunday (May 14), Tiong Bahru Plaza general manager Karen Siow said: “Tiong Bahru Plaza’s digital directory service was affected by the recent malware incidence, which we became aware of at approximately 5pm on Saturday.”
She confirmed that there was no sensitive information in the mall directories and that neither money nor bitcoin were paid to the hackers.
“There is no other anticipated impact from this malware as the digital directory systems, from the onset, run on a separate network from the rest of the corporate networks of AsiaMalls,” she said.
She added that the digital directory service is provided to the mall by a third-party vendor and that vendor systems have been disconnected from the board while the a solution patch is being installed.
“We will continue to monitor the situation with the third-party vendor and remain vigilant against any future incidences,” she added.
MALWARE MESSAGE ALSO SEEN AT ORCHARD CENTRAL
Photos of a similar malware message found on a display screen belonging to a Desigual outlet at Orchard Central are also circulating online.
Photo sent by a Facebook user indicating the affected display screen at the Desigual store in Orchard Central.
Channel NewsAsia has reached out to Desigual for comment.
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore has said that no Government agencies or critical information infrastructure were affected by the attack, whose suspected culprit is a ransomware known as WannaCry – said to lock users’ files unless they pay a designated sum in virtual currency.
