Hackers are now targeting councils and governments, threatening to leak citizen data
- Written by: Roberto Musotto, Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Law, Edith Cowan University
Ransomware attacks are becoming increasingly complex, as hackers find creative ways to beat ordinary systems of defence. christiaancolen/flickr, CC BY
In recent weeks, Johannesburg’s computer network was held for ransom by a hacker group called Shadow Kill Hackers. This was the second time in three months a ransomware attack has hit South...
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