ITWeb: SA’s govt entities under attack as space agency hit by data breach

The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) has become the latest government entity to suffer a cyber attack. Mikey Molfessis, cyber security expert at Mimecast, is of the view that criminals are increasingly going after high-profile organisations because they are likely to have highly-confidential data, are responsible for delivering services to large sections of the population and generally have the most to lose.