Un ransomware plonge la ville de Johannesburg dans le noir

Voici encore une démonstration qu’un ransomware ne chiffre pas uniquement des données. Ses effets peuvent être nettement plus néfastes comme l’a récemment appris la ville de Johannesburg en Afrique du sud plongée dans le noir à la suite d’une telle cyber-attaque.

Pour rappel, les ransomwares, ou rançongiciels en français, sont des codes malveillants qui chiffrent les données et proposent ensuite la clé de décodage contre une rançon. Les données chiffrées deviennent donc inutilisables et peuvent donc perturber toutes les activités opérationnelles qui en dépendent.

Wannacry avait à l’époque mis en évidence les conséquences de ce type d’attaque sur le monde hospitalier et voici donc une autre démonstration de ce cyber-fléau

Ransomware hits Johannesburg electricity supply
A ransomware attack is blamed for causing electricity supply problems in South Africa’s biggest city.

La Ville de Johannesburg plongée dans le noir après un piratage
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@CityPowerJhb on Twitter: “#Update City Power has been hit by a Ransomware virus. it has encrypted all our databases, applications and network. Currently our ICT department is cleaning and rebuilding all impacted applications.^GR / Twitter”
Update City Power has been hit by a Ransomware virus. it has encrypted all our databases, applications and network. Currently our ICT department is cleaning and rebuilding all impacted applications.^GR

City of Joburg on Twitter: “#JoburgUpdatesJUST IN: City Power has been hit by a virus which has led to a blackout to its IT systems. We apologise to our City of Joburg customers. The virus has attacked the City Power database and other softwares, impacting most of our applications and networks ^GZ pic.twitter.com/BHj7dvYO1A / Twitter”
JoburgUpdatesJUST IN: City Power has been hit by a virus which has led to a blackout to its IT systems. We apologise to our City of Joburg customers. The virus has attacked the City Power database and other softwares, impacting most of our applications and networks ^GZ pic.twitter.com/BHj7dvYO1A

Ransomware Causes Disruptions at Johannesburg Power Company
City Power, the power company in the South African city of Johannesburg, has suffered serious disruptions after its systems became infected with a piece of ransomware.