City of Joburg website hacked
According to a Tweet from the City, customers will not be able to use the City's online services as they had to take "immediate and appropriate actions to reinforce security measures and mitigate any potential impact."
The City of Johannesburg's website has been hacked.
According to a Tweet from the City, customers will not be able to use the City's online services as they had to take "immediate and appropriate actions to reinforce security measures and mitigate any potential impact."
The City has detected a network breach in its systems ^TK pic.twitter.com/r43iiJiUya
— City of Joburg (@CityofJoburgZA) October 24, 2019
The City's Ntshatisi Modigoane was cautious in confirming a possible ransom demand from hackers to media on Friday morning, saying only that the City's team was meeting on Friday morning to assess the situation.
Business Day reported that a group called Kill Hackers is demanding a ransom in bitcoins.
It also says the group has allegedly threatened to upload all hijacked data on the internet by the 28th of October.
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An investigation is currently underway and is expected to last at least 24-hours, according to the City's Tweet.
The City's website contains sensitive information, such as billing information, ID numbers, and addresses - of its customers.
NOTE: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
We appeal to our customers to use https://t.co/NpjNlUAtbX APP to log calls due to IT challenges from the City affecting our Call Centre.
— @CityPowerJhb (@CityPowerJhb) October 25, 2019
The app is fast and effective with reference number created in less than 5min.
We apologise for the incovenience caused.
@CityofJoburgZA @FunzelaZA:
— Joburg Finance (@JoburgFinance) October 25, 2019
UPDATE!!!
We’re working to restore critical systems as soon as possible. #COJSytemBreach. ^NJ