MCLEOD COMPUTING
DUNCAN MCLEOD: Under threat under the sea
Intentional damage to the undersea cable network could bring the global economy to its knees
21 March 2024 - 05:00
At 12.30pm last Thursday, South Africans lost access to core internet services, including e-mail and video conferencing tools such as Teams.
Microsoft’s cloud services stopped working and millions of people were left scratching their heads as websites went offline. Corporate productivity swooned...
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