Transnet cyber hack a warning of risk to SA

Country vulnerable as pandemic unleashes ransomware strikes

01 August 2021 - 00:05 By ARTHUR GOLDSTUCK

You could call it the global third wave of cybercrime: the hacking of the Transnet information technology system in SA comes as the world grapples with an unprecedented level of hacking and ransomware attacks...

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