On Thursday the power company of largest city’s of South Africa got attacked by a ransomware virus.
In the largest city of South Africa in some area of Johannesburg (city of south Africa) were left without electricity yesterday after the city’s power company got attacked by a ransomware virus.
The company which is responsible for powering South Africa’s financial capital Johannesburg, Confirmed on Tweet that it had been hit by a Ransomware virus that had encrypted all of its databases, applications, and network.The company has also ensured its customers that none of their details were compromised in the cyber attack.
The city government also Tweet that .”Please note that the virus hit us early Thursday morning, compromising our database and other software, impacting most of our applications and networks,”
Last month, ransomware viruses also hit two cities in Florida that made large ransom payments to gain back access to city files that were encrypted in the attacks—these cities include Riviera Beach City ($600,000) and Lake City ($500,000) in Florida.
