MUIS says salaries unaffected after cyberattack hits 48 mosques, Islamic institutions

Employees at 48 mosques and several Islamic institutions will continue to receive their salaries on time despite a cyberattack on HR software vendor Avelogic, with the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) saying alternative payroll arrangements are already in place.MUIS said on Thursday (Sept 17) that investigations have so far found “no evidence that a large amount of data was taken” from the affected human resource management system (HRMS). The HRMS operated by Singapore-based software vendor Avelogic serves MUIS and a number of Muslim community institutions. Announcing preliminary findings from ongoing investigations, MUIS said that data stored in the HRMS was encrypted, providing an additional layer of protection.However, the system will not resume operations just yet, despite Avelogic saying earlier this week that it had successfully recovered the last updated data set and was aiming to bring a new system online by Friday.”The system will only resume operations after the relevant safeguards and checks have been completed,” MUIS said.