The CIPC has been accused of covering up the true extent of the security breach.
The Companies and Intellectual Property Commission ( CIPC ) has restored its core IT systems to full functionality, but the question remains whether the security vulnerabilities have been fixed. The CIPC shut down its core IT systems for 17 hours to do urgent maintenance on its website. The site was up and running again from 07:00 on Thursday, with a new customer verification process for South African ID and foreign passport holders.
A ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack, but the CIPC has yet to confirm or deny this
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