Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-11-29 00:00:00
Affected organization: Nama Khoi Municipality
Affected country: South Africa
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack,Undetermined
Motive: Financial
Actor: Pysa
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Nama Khoi Municipality in the Northern Cape Province is struggling to restore IT systems that were hit by a Pysa ransomware attack last year. They started dumping data as proof without making a ransom demand first.