Is Africa cyber-crime-savvy?

Friday, June 28, 2019

Cyber awareness must become part of every aspect of life from doing business to alleviating poverty and providing security. KAREN ALLEN* writes

It started with loud music and the smell of marijuana. When South African police stormed a hotel room in the Western Cape they found six people huddled over 32 computers and mobile devices. This extortion syndicate was extracting millions of dollars from unwitting individuals.

A senior source at South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says such “boiler rooms” of malicious cyber activity are rapidly expanding.

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