The city of Antwerp is no longer mentioned on the list of hacked organisations by hacker collective Play, which allegedly carried out the cyber attack on city services.
IT experts say that this could mean that the captured data is being negotiated or even that a ransom has already been paid.
The city itself has not commented since the cyberattack except to say what citizens' services have been impacted. Even on Saturday, the city refused to comment on the evolution of its battle against the hacker collective. The deadline for paying the ransom was set for Monday.
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If the ransom has not been paid by this point, the data taken hostage would then be made public. Meanwhile, it at least appears that online ticket sales for Antwerp museums are available again.
These had been down since the cyber attack started last week. Among others, the MAS and Rubenshuis websites allow you to purchase tickets online again. The city would not officially confirm the news for now.
