Statistics South Africa has fallen victim to a ransomware attack by the emerging cybercrime group known as XP95. The threat actors claim to have successfully breached the agency responsible for conducting South Africa's census, as well as producing and disseminating other official statistics, like the Consumer Price Index. This cyber attack, it's said to have come at a time when ransomware attacks are escalating globally, reflecting a sharp rise in the frequency and sophistication of cybercrime. Thami Ngubeni spoke to Nemanja Krstic, Head of Operations for Africa and the Middle East (AME), and the European Union (EU) at Galix...