Cyberattack takes down the website and e-government portal of La Laguna City Council

San Cristóbal de La Laguna City Council, in Tenerife, has suffered a cybersecurity incident that has compromised part of its technology infrastructure, according to a municipal statement reported by Libertad Digital, which dates the attack to Monday.

According to that statement, the municipal website and the e-government portal have been affected, which prevents people from carrying out procedures remotely, as have the case-file management system and the tax and accounting management modules. The processing of expenditure files and tax collection are temporarily paralysed, according to the same outlet.

The City Council says it has activated its security protocols, isolated the affected areas and is coordinating with specialist IT security bodies while it assesses the impact and checks that taxpayers' data has not been exposed, according to Libertad Digital. No information has been given on the type of attack, its origin or when services will be restored.

Developing story: so far we have only been able to access one source (Libertad Digital, which cites the municipal statement). The City Council's own statement or confirmation from another outlet is still missing, as are the time the incident began and whether any data was stolen.