‘Organised criminal group’ very likely to have carried out recent SA cyberattacks
Mimecast says in its threat intelligence report SA experienced the single longest-running campaign from July 8-15 in any region, in the quarter
21 November 2019 - 11:35
SA experienced the single longest-running cyberattack campaign monitored around the world by e-mail and data security company Mimecast between July and September.
“It is almost certain that an organised criminal group or APT (advanced persistent threat) group carried out these campaigns‚ given the resources and effort it would require to sustain this level of determined attack over this lengthy period‚” the firm said in its quarterly threat intelligence report on Wednesday...
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