State-owned bank in South Africa confirms ‘Akira’ ransomware attack

The Development Bank of Southern Africa said Monday that it was hit with a ransomware attack, adding that servers, logfiles and documents were encrypted by the Akira gang last month. In a statement, the state-owned bank said the attack began around May 21 and that the gang threatened to publish stolen information if an undisclosed

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