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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, says his government will not pay any ransom to individuals who hacked the system at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services.<\/p>\n

As reported by Nyasa Times<\/b>, Chakwera told MPs in the National Assembly on Wednesday that the hackers who tempered with the system are demanding huge amounts of money.<\/p>\n

Chakwera said instead of paying the ransom, the government would find other means of resolving the glitches. He said:<\/p>\n

For as long as I am President of this country, I will not allow the government to pay such an amount.<\/p>\n

He added that the department was already taking decisive steps to regain control of the system.<\/p>\n

For the past week, Malawi\u2019s Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services has not been able to print passports due to the system failure, leaving travellers stranded.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, says his government will not pay any ransom to individuals who hacked the system at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship Services. As reported by Nyasa Times, Chakwera told MPs in the National Assembly on Wednesday that the hackers who tempered with the system are demanding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":91366,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,2552,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-91367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-hackers","12":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\nMalawi Immigration System Hacked, President Chakwera Refuses To Pay Ransom - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, says his government will not pay any ransom to individuals who hacked the sys ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malawi-immigration-system-hacked-president-chakwera-refuses-to-pay-ransom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malawi Immigration System Hacked, President Chakwera Refuses To Pay Ransom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, says his government will not pay any ransom to individuals who hacked the sys ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malawi-immigration-system-hacked-president-chakwera-refuses-to-pay-ransom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-23T09:16:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-23T12:47:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/02\/sm_1708675948.584142.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"852\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malawi-immigration-system-hacked-president-chakwera-refuses-to-pay-ransom\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malawi-immigration-system-hacked-president-chakwera-refuses-to-pay-ransom\",\"name\":\"Malawi Immigration System Hacked, President Chakwera Refuses To Pay Ransom - 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