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Gauteng health calls for patience over NHLS security breach
Gauteng Health Department reported that NHLS was hit by a security breach which affected their information technology systems and disrupted laboratory services.
Bleak picture painted as cybercrime costs SA R2. 2 billion annually
In the past year more than half of South Africa’s firms were impacted by ransomware and total gross losses in digital banking in South Africa increased by 45%, while SIM-swop fraud increased by 63% in 2021.
Three things businesses should know about ransomware attacks
In the last decade, technology has become increasingly sophisticated, and unfortunately, so has cybercrime.
SA has highest number of targeted ransomware, business email cyber attacks in Africa
Research by cyber security organisations has noted a growing need for a sustained national public awareness campaign to inform, educate and mobilise the public against a growing pandemic of cyber crime.
Overtime pay approved to address backlogs at Masters of the Supreme Court office hit by ransomware attack
Overtime pay has been approved for six Master of the Supreme Court offices across the country in a bid to address the backlogs which were worsened by the recent ransomware attack on the Justice Department’s information and communication (ICT) technology systems.
R33m ransom claim denied by justice department after hackers attack ICT system
This followed a media report suggesting that cyberattackers wanted the department to pay them millions of rand before they would restore its ICT system.