Over half of cyberattacks in Africa target government and finance.

Positive Technologies, a leader in result-driven cybersecurity, analyzed the current cyberthreats on the African continent for 2023–2024. According to the experts, there has been a rise in attacks on the government sector and financial companies.

These attacks are often carried out by organized hacker groups aiming for financial gain and espionage, as well as by hacktivists.

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