A ransomware attack aimed at City Power, the electricity provider for Johannesburg (aka Joburg), South Africa, has resulted in some residents temporarily without power.
While the provider’s operational technology (OT) network hasn’t been hit, the IT disruption prevented customers from buying electricity through its pre-paid vending system.
About the attack
City Power, which is owned by the City of Johannesburg. didn’t name the ransomware that started wreaking chaos on Thursday.
Through the City of Joburg’s official Twitter account, consumers were informed that the “virus”:
Attacked the company’s database and software, impacting most of their applications and networks
Affected their customer’s ability to buy electricity, upload invoices, or access their website
May affect the company’s response to some outages as the system to order and dispatch material is affected.
“So far most of the IT appli ..
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