The Information Regulator has issued an infringement notice to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development , ordering it to pay an administrative fine of R5 million.
In its May warning, the Information Regulator ordered that the department submit proof within 31 days that itit said could have prevented or mitigated the ransomware attack. It warned that should the DoJ&CD fail to heed its warning, “it will be guilty of an offence, in terms of which the Regulator may impose an administrative fine in the amount not exceeding R10 million, or liable upon conviction to a fine or to imprisonment of the responsible officials”.
“The DoJ&CD has 30-days from 3 July 2023 to pay the administrative fine or make arrangements with the Regulator to pay the administrative fine in instalments or elect to be tried in court on a charge of having committed the alleged offence referred in terms of POPIA,” it said.Ransomware attacks involve cybercriminals gaining access to systems and encrypting potentially valuable files, locking users out of their data.
Attackers also often exfiltrate data from compromised systems and threaten to leak it online unless victims pay.
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