Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-09-27 00:00:00
Affected organization: South Africa's Justice Department
Affected country: South Africa
Industry: Public Administration
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack,Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: INDRIK SPIDER
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Hackers attacked a South Africa's justice department fund last week, the department said on Sept 30, but said it did not receive any ransom demands. DoppelPaymer claims responsibility for the attack.