South Africa. The system is offline — Government pension fund goes silent after data breach
The Government Employees Pension Fund’s (GEPF) systems are still down following a data breach from the LockBit ransomware group in mid-February 2024. As a result, government employees cannot log into the GEPF website or its smartphone app, leaving them in the dark about the latest value of their pensions. Several readers have informed MyBroadband of the issues experienced when attempting to access the system in recent weeks. “We are still not able to log into the GEPF website and the cell phone...