Government pension fund systems offline for months after ransomware attack

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Government pension fund systems offline for months after ransomware attack
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Government pension recipients are still unable to access the GEPF’s self-service platforms.

The Government Employees Pension Fund suffered a cyberattack in February 2024, and it only expects to restore its self-service functionality by 21 June 2024.

“We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work diligently to enhance our systems to serve you better.” “There was no outage. However, the systems were shut down by our administrator as a security measure due to an attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems,” it said.it said contained data it stole from the agency in March 2024.

The LockBit group sells ransomware as a service software that malicious actors can buy to carry out attacks.

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