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South Africa tech news site ITWeb reported that a group calling itself N4aughtysecTU is taking responsibility.
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Africa, says new electric aircraft startup Phractyl, is in a pretty unique situation as the eVTOL wave begins to break, since it’s got so little in the way of ground transport infrastructure.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: eVTOL, Ele… Continue reading It’s a bird… and a plane? Africa’s own bizarre “NVTOL” birdoplane
Little more than a week after the World Health Organization formally labeled a recently emerged SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern as Omicron it has been detected in at least 38 countries around the globe. A pair of new reports out of South Africa are offer… Continue reading South African data offers preliminary insights into Omicron variant
Eight suspected members of an international crime consortium have been arrested in South Africa, and accused of participating in money laundering schemes, financial fraud, and internet-based romance scams.
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The White House on Wednesday and Thursday will convene meetings with representatives from more than 30 countries to discuss how to counter ransomware, leaving out the country the president most frequently criticizes for hosting gangs of hackers: Russia. “Participants will cover everything from efforts to improve national resilience, to experiences addressing the misuse of virtual currency to launder ransom payments, our respective efforts to disrupt and prosecute ransomware criminals and diplomacy as a tool to counter ransomware,” a senior administration official told reporters on Tuesday. The official didn’t specify why Russia didn’t get an invitation beyond unnamed “constraints.” The lack of an invitation this time “doesn’t preclude future opportunities for them to participate.” The U.S. also has other avenues for discussing ransomware with the Kremlin, the official said. The lack of an invitation for Russia exemplifies the tensions over when the U.S. might involve more adversarial nations in discussions over […]
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Astronomers have detected a strange radio source coming from somewhere near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The signal repeats seemingly at random, and can’t be neatly attributed to any known astronomical object, leading the team to consider that i… Continue reading Bizarre repeating radio signal near galactic center may be brand new object
A huge comet making its journey towards the solar system has begun to show a tail. A newly released image shows the fuzzy coma, confirming that it is indeed a comet and may be one of the largest ever discovered.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceT… Continue reading Largest known comet sprouts tail on its inward journey
Many people in emerging markets depend on informal public transport to move across cities. But while there are ride-hailing and bus-hailing applications in some of these cities, there’s a dire need for journey-planning apps to improve mobility for users and reduce the time they spend commuting. South African startup WhereIsMyTransport is one such company filling […] Continue reading Naspers co-leads $14.5M extension round in mobility startup WhereIsMyTransport
It goes without saying that data is an invaluable asset to any company. On the other hand, privacy is an invaluable asset to us as individuals. In order to reconcile these two points, a variety of regulations have imbued individuals with the right… Continue reading How South Africa’s POPIA will Affect your Business
For fraudsters looking to swindle big corporations, sometimes it’s just a matter of asking. Earlier this week, the South African division of credit reporting giant Experian revealed that someone posing as a client had tricked the firm into coughing up personal information on an untold amount of South African consumers. The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC), an association of banks focused on combating crime, put a number on the breach: up to 24 million people, and nearly 794,000 “business entities,” could be affected. Investigators have been working with banks to figure out which of their customers may have had their personal data exposed, according to SABRIC. It’s a reminder of the reams of personal data that credit monitoring firms like Experian and Equifax are sitting on, and the high stakes those firms face in protecting it. A social engineering trick, or an unpatched software flaw, can open the […]
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