DDoS attacks expose South Africa's cyber response gap

DDoS attack expose South Africa's cybersecurity oversight lapses

A nationwide wave of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks disrupted normal service in South Africa, affecting major hosting providers and internet businesses. Major stakeholders in South Africa’s internet community are criticising the government for its silence on the matter and for poor cybersecurity oversight. Major hosting providers such as 1-grid, Xneelo, Network Platforms, Host Africa, and Domains.co.za all experienced downtime, and…

DDoS attacks expose South Africa's cyber response gap

South Africa has the legislation to respond to nation-scale DDoS attacks but the practical capacity does not exist.