The hacking group, which hit the Christie’s auction house earlier this year, is giving the state until Friday to pay to recover the data, according to its site on the dark web. The dark web is a subset of the internet used by people and groups to hide their locations and identities.

Florida’s government has a policy of not paying ransomware.

Department of Health Press Secretary Jae Williams would only confirm that the attack affected the state’s online Vital Statistics system, used to issue birth and death certificates.

The Herald/Times reported Tuesday that state tax collectors’ offices and funeral homes have been unable to issue birth and death certificates since last week, when the Department of Health’s online system went down.