troupe allegedly hacked as reported by Blackfog with details: in South Africa, the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality confirmed in a public notice that a security transgress on its network was in fact caused by ransomware. The municipalitys IT systems had been offline since 24th October, with the tone-beginning translation all applications used by the municipality inoperable. This included access to critical application systems, causing an overwhelming number of complaints from residents who were unable to get assistance from officials. The city manager communicated with both state-owned agencies and private companies such as the Council of Scientific and Industrial search (CSIR) to further analyze the rigourousness of the attack. No group has yet claimed the assail and it is not clear if any data was exfiltrated during the incident.