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City of Joburg says it knows who ransom hack attacker is, refuses to pay off criminals
2019-10-28 17:56

Hayi wena! Jozi officials claim they'll have 80% of systems back online as deadline expires Several hours past the payment deadline, Johannesburg has vowed not to give in to criminal hackers who demanded £29,000 (4 bitcoins) not to publish its data, four days after the South African city shut down its public sector networks in response to the breach.…


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