Data recovery begins after major ransomware attack


THE COUNTRY said it is beginning to recover data that had been encrypted in a major ransomware attack last month, which affected more than 160 government agencies.

The attackers, identified as Brain Cipher, asked for US$8mil (RM37.5mil) in ransom to unlock the data before later apologising and releasing the decryption key for free, according to Singapore-based cybersecurity firm StealthMole.

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