Microsoft hack spreads into SA; sensitive information at risk
Awave of cyber attacks targeting Microsoft’s SharePoint document management system has affected at least 400 organisations worldwide, including South Africa’s National Treasury, putting government-specific and other sensitive data at risk.
Bitdefender’s investigations detected that entities in numerous countries, including the US, Canada, Austria, Jordan, Mexico, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland and the Netherlands, have been impacted.The National Treasury confirmed it had identified malware on its Infrastructure Reporting Model website, an online system that tracks how public funds are spent on building and maintaining infrastructure.
The impact on National Treasury could potentially expose or manipulate sensitive data about public infrastructure projects, enabling fraud, concealing corruption or disrupting service delivery. It also risks undermining trust in government systems, delaying planning and oversight, and creating national security vulnerabilities, explains ICT veteran commentator Adrian Schofield.
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