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Survey finds South Africans have shrinking trust in the internet

LOCAL South Africans’ trust in the internet has declined since 2019 amid concerns over privacy and protection of personal data. This is according to an international survey conducted by Ipsos with 14,519 internet users across 20 countries, including South Africa. The survey found online users want better control over how their personal data is collected, used and sold. Only six in 10 users on average across the 20 countries said […]

1 December 2022

Local

‘Cybercrime kingpins’ arrested by Interpol and Hawks in Pretoria raids

LOCAL Two Nigerians, aged 39 and 42, were arrested in dawn raids by Interpol and the Hawks on Wednesday in the Pretoria East suburb of Equestria. TimesLIVE understands the suspects are believed to be connected to Nigerian organised crime syndicates operating sophisticated cybercrime networks. “The search and seizure operation by the joint team recovered electronic equipment, including laptops and phones, thousands of rand in cash, as well as an unlicensed […]

28 September 2022

Local

SA ranked 6th country most affected by cybercrime, research finds

SA is among the top 10 countries found to have experienced the most cybercrime in 2021, according to research by cybersecurity company Surfshark. The overall numbers in SA, which ranked sixth, are significantly lower than the UK’s, which topped the overall cybercrime density list for the second year in a row. To put it in perspective, SA had 52 victims per one million internet users, almost 92 times less than […]

4 May 2022

cybercrime

Survey finds South Africans have shrinking trust in the internet

‘Cybercrime kingpins’ arrested by Interpol and Hawks in Pretoria raids

SA ranked 6th country most affected by cybercrime, research finds

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