Public Works Dept lost R300 million to cyber theft in 10 years
The Department of Public Works revealed a decade-long cyber theft of R300 million, with four officials suspended and investigations ongoing.
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Tshwane University of Technology vice-chancellor fired over handling of ransomware attack
Professor Twala, a respected figure within South Africa's artificial intelligence and data science fraternities, was reportedly aware of the ransomware ...
Arion Kurtaj: ‘GTA 6’ hacker smacked with life in hospital prison
Last year, Arion Kurtaj revved up the cyber world, breaking into Rockstar Games and leaking a trove of GTA 6 ...
AO3 blackout caused by DDoS and these other issues
The popular fanfiction platform, Archive of Our Own (AO3), has been hit by a series of disruptive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, ...
Kim Kardashian Twitter hacker to be extradited to US
James O'Connor, originally from Liverpool, can be extradited to the US over the suspected hacking of Kim Kardashian and 130 ...
Wybbo Wiersman: Oxford man jailed for stealing £2m worth of crypto
Wybbo Wiersman was sentenced to four years and six months for stealing more than £2 million worth of crypto.
Microsoft identifies ‘potential’ issue causing global outage
Microsoft's network status was 'service degradation' on Wednesday morning. Here's what this means for Outlook and Office 365 users.
iSpoof gets shut down after international crime investigation yields 142 arrests
iSpoof, a voice impersonation website has been shut down after an international criminal investigation that led to 142 arrests.
Adrian Kwiatkowski: Hacker who stole Ed Sheeran’s music jailed for 18 months
Adrian Kwiatkowski, the hacker who stole Ed Sheeran’s music has been jailed for 18 months after pleading guilty to 19 ...
Facebook scraped data: Facebook bans NYU’s Ad Observatory Project researchers
Facebook says the researchers gathered scraped data by creating a browser extension that was programmed to evade their detection systems.
REvil group reportedly rebrands to BlackMatter: What we know
Rumour has it REvil is back with a different name, BlackMatter.
“To be clear, scraping isn’t always bad” – LinkedIn on scraped data
LinkedIn informs members of scraped data, warns them of information they’re making available on the platform.
Kaseya ransomware attack – what you need to know
The Kaseya ransomware attack has affected over 1 000 companies in the world,
John McAfee: Cybersecurity wiz jailed for tax evasion
John McAfee created the cybersecurity software we depend on everyday. Today, he is in jail facing tax evasion charges. In ...
Microsoft Teams: Protect your account from these phishing scams
Microsoft Teams is the target of these vicious phishing scams.
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