Russian REvil’s cyberattack impacts hundreds of businesses
The inside of a computer in Jersey City, New Jersey, is shown, Feb 23, 2019. A ransomware attack paralyzed the networks of at least 200 US companies on July 2, 2021, according to a cybersecurity researcher whose company was responding to the incident.
This story may sound familiar. A major hack, with more than 1,000 businesses affected. According to cybersecurity experts, the Russia-based hacking group REvil is the source of the attack. Also, in South Africa, political tensions are growing after a court sentenced former president Jacob Zuma to prison for absconding from a corruption inquiry — a ruling that appears to strike at perceived official impunity. Zuma has struck back, comparing the judges to the white apartheid-era rulers he once fought. And, abortion activists and pro-choice gynecologists in ultra-Catholic Malta have created the country’s first free family-planning service.
