threat updates
AFRICA
The Life Healthcare Group
announced that its southern
African operation has been the
victim of a targeted criminal attack
on its IT systems.
The company said it acted
immediately and took its systems
offline, in order to actively contain
the attack.
Pieter Van der Westhuizen, Acting
Group CEO, said: “We are deeply
disappointed and saddened that
criminals would attack our facilities
during such a time, when we are all
working tirelessly and collectively to
fight the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of
Kaspersky, said: “Regrettably,
during the past months we’ve seen
many cyberattacks on hospitals and
health institutions around the world,
and we consider them to be nothing
less than terrorist attacks.”
GLOBAL
Cosmetics giant, Avon, is recovering from a cybersecurity
incident. The company has filed documents with the US
Securities Exchange Commission disclosing the incident on
June 9. The documents said that Avon Products suffered a cyber
incident in its Information Technology environment which has
‘interrupted some systems and partially affected operations’.
Chris Hauk, Consumer Privacy Champion at Pixel Privacy, said:
“At first blush, this appears to be another cyberattack by hackers
that are holding Avon systems for ransom. If this does turn out
to have been a ransomware attack, it underscores the need for
companies like Avon to educate their employees and executives
as to the dangers of clicking links and opening attachments in
emails and other communications.”
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