Cybercriminals using South Africa as a proving ground to test attacks

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Bad news about cyberattacks in South Africa

International law enforcement has warned that cybercriminals are using South Africa as a proving ground to test their attacks before deploying them worldwide.

At a recent security event organised by Orange Cyberdefense, a representative from a partnership of law enforcement agencies explained that when they started collaborating, they realised they were all looking at the same targets in South Africa.
 
The vast majority of cybercriminals are paid government employees working with regimes that do not respect the law, North Korea is of course the largest criminal syndicate we know of, Russia and China are also major players.
 
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