Ransomware attack hits PNG finance ministry

By Agence France-Presse

Oct 30, 2021 12:53 am

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea: A cyberattack on Papua New Guinea's finance ministry briefly disrupted government payments and operations, officials said late Thursday.

Ransomware infiltrated and compromised a core server at the department of finance last week, hampering the government's access to foreign aid, its ability to pay checks and carry out other basic functions in the midst of a spiraling Covid-19 surge.

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