Throughout the year, South Africa’s public sector experienced several cyberattacks that rendered many state entities’ critical infrastructure unusable for long periods.
The year kicked off with a bang, with Orange Cyberdefense senior security researcher Wicus Ross telling MyBroadband that South Africa’s cyber extortion victim count increased by 107% from Q2 2023 to Q1 2024.
“For the period analysed, Africa saw the second-highest increase globally as a percentage,” said Ross.
