Cameroon’s pension fund downplays ransomware attack

Cameroon’s National Social Insurance Fund (CNPS) has revealed a recent breach of its information system, but claims the documents in the hackers’ possession are insignificant and have no impact on its operations.

On September 12, a hacker gang known as Space Bears claimed to have infiltrated CNPS’s system and was holding sensitive information belonging to the company.

“After investigation, the information in their possession undoubtedly came from the computers of two CNPS employees who had accidentally clicked on a malicious link,” the director general of CNPS, Akame said.

Akame stated that CNPS IT staff, expert service providers, and the National Agency for Information and Communication Technologies were working to improve the integrity of the CNPS information system in light of the detected threats. Read the full story.

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