Ransomware cripples South Africa's national lab service
An attack on South Africa's National Health Laboratory Service wiped systems including backups, delaying test results during an mpox outbreak.
- Service
- South Africa NHLS
- Date
- 22 June 2024
- Cause
- Cyberattack
- Duration
- Not stated or multi-day
- Status
- resolved
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- The Record ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Ransomware cripples South Africa's national lab service”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 22 Jun 2024. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2024-06-22-south-africa-nhls-outage/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: The Record, https://therecord.media/south-africa-lab-ransomware-mpox-outbreak.
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