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Vulnerable: After Transnet was affected by a ransomware cyberattack on 27 July, forcing ports to use manual systems, two more government agencies were hacked in September. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty
CYBERSECURITY

Basic web lessons for South Africa: Government hacks point to systematic security issues

Recent cyberattacks at the department of justice and the space agency highlight the extent of our naïveté

  • Luke Feltham
6 min read
Eugene Kaspersky
CYBER ATTACKS

If we can’t trust Kaspersky, can we trust Microsoft?

An intelligence agency may still break into software companies to backdoor their software, and probably will.

  • Haroon Meer
8 min read