The goal is to restrict access to critical data by encrypting files until a ransom is paid.

Cyber attacks can impact abusinessin multiple different ways, each of which should be monitored and supervised.

Evidently, malicious emails have apparently increased by 600% following the beginning of the pandemic, according toTimesLIVE.

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The cyberattack has affected Transnet’s entire operations.

Source: Briefly News

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Recent cyber attacks on Transnet acts as a warning to businesses in South Africa. Stock Photo / Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images

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