Statistics South Africa has fallen victim to a ransomware attack, with gigabytes of people’s personal data allegedly exposed.

South Africa's statistics agency, Stats SA, has confirmed that its systems have been breached by a ransomware attack, marking ...

Following record-breaking heights in February 2025 (1,099 attacks), 635 ransomware incidents occurred in February 2026, ...

Stats SA hacked in ransomware attack targeting job seekers database as experts warn weak cybersecurity leaves SA vulnerable ...

The cybersecurity landscape in 2026 is characterized by an alarming escalation in ransomware attacks, which are becoming increasingly sophisticated, coordinated, ...

Ransomware may no longer dominate daily headlines, but it has hardly retreated. While public attention shifted to the rapid rise of artificial intelligence, ransomware groups accelerated their ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Admit it: the first thing you think of when ransomware is ...

The Qilin ransomware group has claimed the attack on Japanese beer giant Asahi by adding the company to the list of victims on its data leak site. The threat actor claims to have exfiltrated more than ...

Ransomware isn’t an isolated, potential cyber threat—it’s like a living organism that can shapeshift with multiple strains, tactics, and targets. The cybercriminals behind ransomware attacks run these ...

Synnovis, a leading UK pathology services provider, is notifying healthcare providers that a data breach occurred following a ransomware attack in June 2024, which resulted in the theft of some ...