Security
Firms in SA hit by latest ransomware attack
Two major global businesses with offices in SA are among hundreds of organisations across the world to have been infected by a large-scale ransomware attack.
28 June 2017
The latest virus is similar to WannaCry, which wormed its way through computer systems last month.
Shipping giant Maersk, which has a presence in the Durban and Cape Town harbours, and British advertising agency WPP, which owns Native VML and Wunderman in SA, have reportedly been affected.
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