CyberFOCUS
Stablecoin collapse sounds alarm for cryptocurrencies
The massive collapse of ‘algorithmic stablecoin’ TerraUSD reverberated across the cryptocurrency world last week, ringing alarm bells for countries that have been quick to adopt the currency and raising concern about global readiness for a crypto market, writes Legalbrief. The ...
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CyberREPORTs
Dis-chem probes massive data breach
Dis-Chem has confirmed an investigation into a data breach of 3.6m people’s personal information. An EWN report notes that the company confirmed that ‘no identification numbers, medical, financial or banking information was contained in this database’. However, the incident ...
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Banking services ombudsman flags Internet fraud
Banking services in SA are under pressure as the country reels from the Covid-19 pandemic, and challenges of rapid digitisation. It is no surprise then that Ombudsman for Banking Services (OBS) Reana Steyn said last week that her office received ...
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Analogue dispute set for ConCourt this week
The Constitutional Court showdown over the country’s analogue switch-off (ASO) deadline has been set for Friday. An IT Web report notes that broadcaster e.tv approached the top court on an urgent basis to appeal the High Court ruling that ...
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Sita blames DMRE for cadastral system delay
Industry body calls for release of more spectrum
KZN to introduce digital e-Health system
Innovate Durban rebuilds damaged township lab
Police tackling DNA backlog at forensics lab – Minister
SA ICT market set to grow – analyst
Government assessing low census turnout in the Cape
SA companies pilot new anti-speeding device
Cybercrime cost the world $6trn in 2021 – security group
Kenyan Facebook moderator sues Meta
Walletec's mybux digital reach expands in Africa
Ugandan Government sued over bottle-necked ID system
Elon Musk puts Twitter takeover 'temporarily on hold'
Google to allow automatic password change
EU sites collecting users' emails illegally – study
New Zoom feature may risk privacy – activists
Clearview AI settles privacy suit in Illinois
Meta's Reality Labs downsizes
Judge rules Elon Musk's tweets were 'reckless'
Costa Rica under cyberattack
London mayor slams tech sites' hate speech
Legal watchdog mulls online publication limits
US warns against North Korean IT workers stealing funds
CyberANALYSIS
Intractable alliance of Big Tech and media groups
Media houses and Big Tech need to work together to produce the news. So writes Khaya Sithole, an accountant, academic and activist, in a BusinessLIVE analysis. ‘On 18 February 2021, Australia’s 18m Facebook users woke up to an empty feed ...
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CyberBYTES
Hefty sentences for vandalising telecoms infrastructure
* Three men will collectively serve 90 years in prison for vandalising telecoms infrastructure. The vandals were sentenced in the Bethulie Regional Court in the Free State for stealing 24 cell phone tower batteries belonging to MTN and Vodacom valued at ...
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ENSafrica offers e-discovery solution
* ENSafrica last week confirmed that it is the first law firm in Africa to adopt RelativityOne, the industry leading SaaS e-discovery solution. Based in the cloud, RelativityOne manages large volumes of data and quickly identifies key issues during litigation and ...
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Software company Altron fares well on the JSE
* JSE-listed Altron this week reported an 82.9% rise in normalised headline earnings per share to 75c for the year ended 28 February 2022, despite facing a tough year marked by the global shortage of electronic components and reduced capital ...
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Telkom suffers massive fibre outage
SIDEBARS
Authority announces extension for comment
* Icasa has announced that the time allowed for comment on its Draft End-user and Subscriber Service Charter Amendment Regulations, 2022, has been extended to 17 June. A Policy Watch report notes that a notice in the Government Gazette says regulations ...
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Gaming industry draws in 3bn players
Gaming industry draws 3bn playersManagement consulting firm Mckinsey and Company says the gaming industry has drawn in almost 3bn players globally, and its value now exceeds $300bn. This fast-growing, digital world of cowboys, cute pastel animals, grand larceny and more ...
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