A new cyber report has confirmed that over 183 million accounts — including Gmail passwords — were leaked in one of the largest data breaches recorded this year.
A cyber attack on the city of St Paul forced the shutdown of all IT systems and triggered a state of emergency as investigators probe the digital breach.
Researchers have uncovered what may be the largest data breach in history, involving 16 billion leaked login credentials, including for Google accounts.
A major broadband outage on Thursday, 19 June 2025, disrupted internet for 45,000+ US users, with CenturyLink criticised for its lack of public response.
The Microsoft outage impacted numerous services, including PowerBI, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Teams, and the Microsoft 365 admin centre.
CrowdStrike and Microsoft were identified as the central players in the IT disruption.
The Department of Public Works revealed a decade-long cyber theft of R300 million, with four officials suspended and investigations ongoing.
Professor Twala, a respected figure within South Africa’s artificial intelligence and data science fraternities, was reportedly aware of the ransomware attack but delayed reporting it.
Rumour has it REvil is back with a different name, BlackMatter.
Kaseya says they have teams actively helping customers affected by the ransomware to restore their environments.
The Kaseya ransomware attack has affected over 1 000 companies in the world,