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Africa: Cyber Threats (2025 Summary)
A summary of major cyber incidents across Africa in 2025.
Namibia
- Paratus Namibia: Experienced ransomware and data theft in February 2025.
Libya
- David Yambio: A Sudanese activist, was targeted with spyware in February 2025.
Nigeria
- Nigeria Customs Service: Suffered operational disruption in August 2025.
Algeria
- MGPTT & Ministry of Labour: Were hacked in April 2025.
Seychelles
- Seychelles Commercial Bank: Faced compromise and extortion in February 2025.
South Africa
- Cell C: Had a data breach in April 2025.
- South African Airways: Faced operational disruption in May 2025.
- South African Weather Service: Experienced ransomware in June 2025.
Morocco
- CNSS, Ministry of Agriculture, and Maroc Telecom Mobile App: Were hacked in April 2025.
- ANCFCC, Royal Moroccan Football Federation, Ministry of Health, Banque Al-Maghrib, Maroc Telecom, TelQuel Media, Ibn Tofail University, and FSTE - Université Moulay Ismail: Were hacked in June 2025.