Court data losses

Five months of Vanuatu court data lost in ransomware attack

This attack resulted in five months’ worth of data loss.

Chief Justice Vincent Lunabek revealed this to distinguished guests, including Head of State Nikenike Vurobaravu, Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Lands Sato Kilman, and Justice Minister John Still Tari Qetu, during the 2023 official opening of the Courts of Vanuatu last week.

Nonetheless, the Courts were able to save some offline data from the court system, in regard to registration and completion of cases from the system as of the end of October 2022.