Senior Reporter
kay-marie.feltcher@guardian.co.tt
The public may have to wait a bit longer to hear the findings of the investigation into Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago Limited’s (TSTT) 2023 cyberattack, as Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales says it’s still in the hands of lawyers.
However, Gonzales yesterday told Guardian Media he’s expected to get an update on the long-awaited report before the end of the month, within the next 10 days to be exact.
Gonzales said, “The lawyers are still having their exchanges on the report. I’m waiting on that process to be completed. I’m expecting to hear from the attorneys in about 10 days.”
On January 21, Gonzales received the final report from a team of independent investigators who had been reviewing the document and its findings.
At that time, he said after he reviews the document, he plans to submit the report and its findings to the National Security Council and to the appropriate Joint Select Committee (JSC) for their consideration.
He also revealed then that former TSTT CEO Lisa Agard had written to him asking for the findings of the report not to be made public.
However, he yesterday reiterated that the Government’s position had not changed and the findings will be made public.
TSTT’s cyberattack took place on October 9, 2023, but was only disclosed on October 27, 2023.
International hackers Ransomexx infected TSTT with ransomware and stole as many as six gigabytes of its data.
This included names, e-mail addresses, national id numbers, phone numbers and other sensitive data.
