The Government of Nunavut says it has recovered from last November’s crippling malware attack on its computer network, according to Nunatsiaq News.

“All GN system applications have been restored to the functionality at the point of the ransomware attack,” the Community and Government Services Department said in an email.

On Nov. 2, 2019, Premier Joe Savikataaq and other key Nunavut government officials woke up to terrible news, that the territorial government’s computer system had been infected by a malware program and was no longer functional.

In the GN’s case, ransomware encrypted individual files on 5,000 servers and workstations.

The cost of the ransomware attack for CGS was $7.29 million.