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10 Dec 2024

Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa top targets for DDoS attacks

A new report highlights Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa in particular as being hotspots for DDoS attacks within the financial sector.
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1 Nov 2024

Safaricom denies sharing customer data with police

The telco says it has implemented measures to prevent third parties from accessing data of its subscribers.
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2 Oct 2024

INTERPOL apprehends West African cyber-crime group

The arrests were made as part of INTERPOL's Operation Contender 2.0, which seeks to combat worldwide cyber-enabled crimes.
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8 Sept 2024

UK's Vodafone amicus curiae plea denied by SA ConCourt

Vodafone, which owns 65.1% of Vodacom and is led by Margherita Della Valle as CEO, requested to be admitted as a friend of the court to offer assistance to its subsidiary.
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1 Aug 2024

South Africa's labour court goes online for urgent cases

The online system is intended to enable law firms and litigants in general to electronically file petitions.
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17 Jul 2024

INTERPOL's mission dealt a serious blow to African cybercrime

INTERPOL cooperated in a global law enforcement operation aimed at West African organised crime groups, notably Black Axe.
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28 Feb 2024

Vodacom approaches SA’s ConCourt in ongoing ‘Please call me’ saga

The telco says the impact of the SCA Judgment, should it be upheld, would be vast and wide-ranging on the company, as well as the attractiveness of South Africa as an investment destination.
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14 Feb 2024

Nigeria cracks down on cyber bullying and fake news

Africa's most populous country has announced  yesterday that its police service are monitoring online platforms.
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7 Feb 2024

Vodacom refuses to give up in ‘Please call me’ battle

Despite a victory for Nkosana Makate in the latest round of the ongoing court battle Vodacom is not done yet.
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7 Nov 2023

MTN Group suffers setback in US terror case

A judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed, in part, a motion by Africa's largest telco to dismiss the terrorism allegations.
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31 Oct 2023

Nigeria’s protracted forex market challenges hurt MTN profits

A significant movement in the exchange rate, resulted in higher forex losses with a knock-on effect on net finance costs.