Ministry of Justice denies the preservation of 50 BTC solvents-
Ministry of Justice denies the preservation of 50 BTC solvents-
The South African Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Development (DOJCD) has rejected claims that it had received a ransom claim of 50 Bitcoin from Hackern that attacked its systems on September 6, 2021.
reports on ransom claims are considered "completely untrue"
Instead, the DOJCD insists that its technology experts, industrial partners and selected state organs have hard to contain the problem and to restore the systems affected by the ransomware attack ". As a result, the in A twitter that an article published on September 20 is therefore "completely untrue". A tweet shared by the state Ministry of Justice explained:
The dojcd would like to state that after the ransomware attack it has not received a ransom, as suggested in an article on http://mybroadband.co.za/news/ of September 20, 2021. The mybroad band article to this effect is completely untrue.
The South African Tech-News-Site MyBroadband specified that hacker actually 50 behind the ransomware attack. had called for btc in the return for the restoration of access to the compromised systems. The same report added that a technology company was subsequently "moved in to try to regain control of compromised systems.
When examining the ransomware attack, the nameless technology company is said to have advised the DoJCD to "pay the ransom and" [to] budget for a cloud backup system. " By consent to this ransom claim, the DOJCD could regain control over all electronic services provided by the department.
In his report, MyBroadband also said that the DojCD had asked for more information about the type of attack on its IT system and that the latter had promised to give further feedback.
Ministry of Justice attacked
In the meantime, some Twitter users have questioned the DoJCD's claims that it had not received a ransom claim. A user named Ravi Singh, for example, insists that this ransomware attack can only be solved if he gives in the requirements of the hackers. The user called :
If you are infected with a ransomware virus, you do not have to receive a ransom. The virus automatically shows you the Bitcoin or Altcoin address that you have to pay to to access your files. It is not called ransomware without reason. There is no other classification or family period.
Another user said that this attack has revealed the inability of the person who supervises the IT department.
As a result of the ransomware attack, some services of the DoJCD are now carried out manually. However, the department has determined that "some functions of the Mojapay system were restored and most" [Child] maintenance payments were processed. "
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