The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission has restored its core IT systems to full functionality, but the question remains whether the security vulnerabilities have been fixed.
“By the looks of it, the CIPC managed to get their systems up and running without having to pay a ransom, which is a good thing, but the system has the same security shortcomings,” says Jan Vermeulen, editor of MyBroadband.Hackers who allege they carried out the cyber attack contacted Vermeulen and told him they infiltrated the CIPC’s database for the first time in 2021.
CIPC mum on previous breach ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOW The CIPC did not want to confirm or deny the assertion that its systems had been breached before last week’s incident. Lungile Dukwana, spokesperson at the CIPC, says the issues are “security-related” and that divulging more information has the potential to expose the CIPC to more risks, as the matter is “criminal in nature”.
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