Bjuvs kommun

Bjuvs kommun is a Swedish municipality, as reflected in its alias.
The organisation’s headquarters are located in Sweden.
Being a kommune, it constitutes a local administrative unit within the Swedish system of government.

On 19 January 2024, Bjuvs kommun experienced an IT attack that targeted its IT environment overnight between Friday and Saturday.
The attack disrupted operational systems and prevented employees from logging into their computers.
As a result, digital services provided by the municipality became partially inaccessible.
Email services suffered temporary outages due to the incident.
Telephone lines and social media channels remained functional throughout the disruption.
The shared IT provider EttIT, which also serves neighbouring municipalities such as Örkelljunga and Åstorp, responded immediately.
EttIT personnel manually managed vulnerable systems to prevent the attack from spreading further.
Staff from EttIT and Bjuvs kommun worked intensively to troubleshoot the problem and minimise damage.
Their efforts identified a solution that allowed most systems and computers to resume operations by Monday morning.
The incident was reported to the police, and ongoing coordination was established to monitor the situation.
Information about the attack was communicated through municipal news articles and shared with neighbouring communities.