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.
Several "customer facing systems – including the city's website, e-services, and billing system[s]" – have remained offline since they were pulled down Thursday night "as a precaution" after a "network intrusion", which the city first announced just after 11pm local time on 24 October.
In a statement issued this afternoon, city councillor Funzela Ngobeni said: "I can confirm that the city will not concede to their demands and we are confident that we will be able to restore systems to fu ..
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