Cyberattackers are increasingly targeting the mining industry, which is falling victim to possible “global industrial espionage” on a large scale, according to an IT expert.
JSE-listed platinum group metals and chrome producer Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) became the latest victim of hackers this week, saying it had detected a breach affecting its internal IT systems. While the company said the incident did not cause havoc to its operations, the hackers managed to gain access to its data...
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