Key Takeaways
A ransom demand for 50 bitcoins has been denied by the South African Justice Department.
As of September 6, 2021, the company's systems have been hacked.
Twitter users, on the other side, questioned the DOJCD's claim of no ransom demand.
It's important to note that the DOJCD isn't saying that its IT specialists, business partners, or chosen government agencies haven't worked hard to control and repair the issue.
Because of this, the department tweeted that a September 20 Mybroadband story was "totally false."
The Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services in the nation stated this in a tweet:
On behalf of the DOJCD, we would like to state unequivocally that no ransom demand has been made in connection with the recent ransomware incident, as reported by an item on http://mybroadband.co.za/news/ on September 20, 2021.
The information provided by Mybroadband about this is totally false.
Ransomware attackers, according to South African tech news site Mybroadband, wanted 50 BTC in exchange for unlocking the infected computers.
Additionally, a tech company was "called in to try to recover control of compromised systems," according to the article.
The unidentified IT company reportedly recommended the DOJCD to "pay the ransom and [to] budget for a cloud backup system" after analyzing the ransomware assault.
The DOJCD would recover control of all electronic services offered by the department if it complied with the ransom demand.
The DOJCD agreed to give further input when Mybroadband requested for more information regarding the nature of the assault on its IT system, according to the company's report.
The DOJCD's assertions that it had not received a ransom demand have been called into doubt by several Twitter users in the meantime.
For example, one user, Ravi Singh, is certain that the only way to end this ransomware assault is to comply with the hackers' demands, acording to what the user had to say,
A ransomware infection will encrypt your data and demand payment in bitcoin or an other cryptocurrency before your contents can be decrypted.
There's a good reason why it's called ransomware. There isn't any other way to classify or group them.
This assault, according to another user, has revealed the incompetence of the person in charge of the IT department.
As a consequence of the ransomware assault, the DOJCD is now forced to execute certain of its functions by hand.
There was some functionality restored from the Mojapay system, and most [child] maintenance payments] have been completed," according to the agency.
Do you think that the DOJCD is being truthful about its denial?
