Last week’s ransomware attack that brought down MRI scanners in the UK, railroad ticket machines in Germany, interior ministry computers in Russia and parts of the FedEx network in the US is bound to cause
Governments and companies around the world began to gain the upper hand against the first wave of an unrivaled global cyberattack, even as the assault was poised to continue claiming victims this week. More than
Vodacom is buying a 34,9% indirect stake in Kenya’s largest mobile phone operator, Safaricom, from its parent company Vodafone. The South African-listed telecommunications group is buying 87,5% of
Vodacom added almost 3m customers in South Africa in the year ended 31 March, helping service revenue increase by 5,6%, the telecommunications group said on Monday. The strong growth suggests it has taken market share from
An unrivalled global cyberattack is poised to continue claiming victims, even as UK health facilities whose systems were crippled early in the assault are returning to normal operation. Additional disruptions are possible as people
What would it mean if you lost all your personal documents, such as your family photos, research or business records? How much would you pay to get them back? There’s a burgeoning form of cybercrime that hinges on
Samsung Electronics and Intel weighed in with their own gripes about Qualcomm while cheering on the US Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit accusing the chip maker of trying to corner the market for semiconductors
The cyberattack that spread rapidly around the globe was stifled when a security researcher disabled a key mechanism used by the worm to spread, but experts said the hackers were likely to return as many
Extortionist hackers who may be using leaked computer exploits from the US National Security Agency infiltrated computers in dozens of countries in a fast-spreading attack that forced British hospitals to turn
The South African government said on Saturday that it had decided not to appeal a court ruling that its nuclear energy construction programme was unconstitutional, possibly delaying plans to expand the continent’s only