Sibanye-Stillwater hit by cyberattack

[mylesillidge]

South African mining giant hacked

Local mining giant Sibanye-Stillwater, one of the world's biggest producers of platinum and gold, has revealed that its global IT systems have suffered a cyberattack.

In a notice informing stakeholders, the company said it has implemented security measures to isolate its IT systems and protect critical data.

 

[Jan van Riebeeckstad]

What they steal? Was it @epah DOB?

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Maybe you should start writing articles on who has not been hacked, with the Audits to back it up. So far every Tom, Dick, Harry, their dogs, and the piglets have been hacked.

 

[Sapphiron]

Maybe you should start writing articles on who has not been hacked, with the Audits to back it up. So far every Tom, Dick, Harry, their dogs, and the piglets have been hacked.

Also, social engineering human stupidity is not hacking. Hacking implies that the company is not at fault.

Time to call them what they really are: "Negligence exploits"

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Also, social engineering human stupidity is not hacking. Hacking implies that the company is not at fault.

Time to call them what they really are: "Negligence exploits"

Call it what you will, the end result remains the same.

 

[SilverCode]

Also, social engineering human stupidity is not hacking. Hacking implies that the company is not at fault.

Time to call them what they really are: "Negligence exploits"

Normally I would agree, but then I remembered that Kevin Mitnick's "hacks" were mostly just the result of social engineering to extract information about how systems work and convince people to give him access. And he is the worlds most famous hacker.

 

[Jam Sandwich]

Normally I would agree, but then I remembered that Kevin Mitnick's "hacks" were mostly just the result of social engineering to extract information about how systems work and convince people to give him access. And he is the worlds most famous hacker.

Enjoyed his books... Shows how easily people can be fooled.

 

[LCBXX]

"The Sibanye notification section is too short! Add content from other breaches to make the article longer!"

 

[r00igev@@r]

Where in the world was the firewall?

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Where in the world was the firewall?

Question is do they know what one is?

Do they kmow and understsnd why they should have one?

 

[s0lar]

Also, social engineering human stupidity is not hacking. Hacking implies that the company is not at fault.

Time to call them what they really are: "Negligence exploits"

A touch cranky this morning?

 

[Sapphiron]

A touch cranky this morning?

That's the secret, I am cranky every morning.

 

[longboy]

Where in the world was the firewall?

Their firewall rules probably left port 443 and 8080 open.

 

[longboy]

That's the secret, I am cranky every morning.

Same.

If you not cranky when you wake up in SA then there is something terribly wrong.

 

[r00igev@@r]

Their firewall rules probably left port 443 and 8080 open.

Which vendor was the firewall?

 

[r00igev@@r]

Question is do they know what one is?

Do they kmow and understsnd why they should have one?

They had a tender for one.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

They had a tender for one.

Did it lead to a purchase, or did it fall thru the cracks, and the money for it as well?