Cybersecurity
‘Death Kitty’ Ransomware Linked to South African Port Attack
- South Africa’s Transnet suffered the cyberattack last week
- Ransom note similar to others assessed in recent months
The Port of Durban in South Africa on July 27. The Transnet-operated port is sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest container hub.
Photographer: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images
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South Africa’s port and rail company appears to have been targeted with a strain of ransomware that cybersecurity experts have linked to a series of high-profile data breaches likely carried out by crime gangs from Eastern Europe and Russia.