JOHANNESBURG - The City of Johannesburg’s network has been breached by hackers who are reportedly demanding a ransom.
In a message on Twitter posted just after 11pm the city said it had “detected a network breach which resulted in an unauthorised access to our information systems”.Customers will not be able to transact on e-services or log queries via the call centre.The hackers then demand the payment of 4.0 bitcoins by October 28 at 5pm failing which they will upload all the data onto the internet.The note on Twitter came after several city employees received the ransom note, which reads: “All your servers and data have been hacked. Craig Rosewarne, managing director at information and cyber threat management firm Wolfpack Information Risk, said that as the cyber-attacks are becoming more frequent and sophisticated, many companies and service providers will find themselves poorly equipped to detect and fight such unwanted incidents in future.Similarly on October 23, ABSA tweeted:According to the broadcaster, initial report indicate that no-one’s personal data has been compromised by this cyber-attack. As a result several customer facing systems – including the city’s website, e-services, billing system – have been shut down as a precaution.”Both Standard Bank and Absa informed customers on Thursday of internet problems, but at least five banks are believed to be affected.The City of Johannesburg reported a breach of its network on Thursday night and shut down its website and all e-services, hours after receiving a bitcoin ransom note from a group called the Shadow Kill Hackers.The hack occurred at the same time that several banks also reported internet problems believed to be related to cyber attacks.
On 25 October, the City of Johannesburg tweeted that it had been the victim of a network breach, where it was forced to shut down various systems including its website, e-services, and billing systems. The breach has led to unauthorised access … The City of Johannesburg reported a breach of its network on Thursday night and shut down its website and all e-services, hours after receiving … Website The City said their cyber experts are investigating the incident and have taken immediate and appropriate actions to reinforce security measures and mitigate any potential impacts of the breach. According to a spokesperson of the city of Johannesburg, this was a clear and well-planned attack by the hackers. City of Joburg website still down after cyberattack. On October 25, the official Twitter account of the city of Johannesburg municipality shared a screenshot according to which the city of Johannesburg shut down its website and billing system after a group hacked into the authority’s system. Business Day reported that a ransom note, sent by Shadow Kill Hackers, …
He said:In the tweet city said that it had detected a network breach which resulted in unauthorized access to its information system and cyber security experts were investigation the incident. The City of Johannesburg detected a network breach yesterday, 24 October, which is said to have resulted in unauthorised access to its information systems.
Tributes are pouring in for late struggle stalwart and Freeman of the City, Andrew Mekete Mlangeni who died at 1 Military Hospital on Wednesday, 22 July aged 95.
We have dozens of back doors inside your city. We also compromised all passwords and sensitive data such as finance and personal population information.”“The incident is currently being investigated by City of Joburg cyber security experts, who have taken immediate and appropriate action to reinforce security measures to mitigate any potential impacts. Posted in Crime Alert, Tech News. The city’s website had been shut down as a precautionary measure that means customers would not be able transact on e-services or log queries via the city call center or customer services center.According to a blog post by Sowetan Live published on July 25, 2019, Johannesburg City Power’s database and other software’s was also attacked by a virus that restricted the company’s services such buying prepaid electricity. We have control of everything in your city.