Update: Following extensive analysis of the technical issues experienced on Tuesday 9th February 2016, MITA is now in a position to confirm that all Government ICT Services have been restored successfully.
The Government ICT Services outage was initially reported at 1655hrs. MITA said that it immediately invoked its established procedures and by 1835hrs the services began to be gradually restored.
In coordination with Mater Dei Hospital, Malta Police Force and other government representatives, urgent maintenance and testing of services started at 2130hrs and most critical services were stabilised by 2358hrs. The remaining services were restored by 0225hrs on Wednesday.
The Agency confirmed its earlier position that this incident was not security-related and at no point was data at risk.
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