Company blames ‘unusual’ traffic spike before outage

Company blames ‘unusual’ traffic spike before outage

Person’s handing hold an iPhone displaying a Cloudflare Error while attempting to access a webpage, during an outage of the Cloudflare service, Lafayette, California, November 18, 2025. Smith Collection/gado | Archive Photos | Getty Images Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare was hit by an outage on Tuesday, knocking several major websites offline for global users. OpenAI’s…

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R16.5bn spike for SA’s cyber security market

R16.5bn spike for SA’s cyber security market

SA’s cyber security services market has been projected to hit R16.5 billion by 2029. South Africa’s cyber security services market is expected to reach R16.5 billion by 2029, with the financial services sector showing strong demand, says BMIT. This comes amid the rise of cyber crime attacks on the local front, which has seen the…

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Sales spike for Checkers Sixty60

Sales spike for Checkers Sixty60

On-demand delivery platform Sixty60 was introduced in 2019. Last-mile delivery platform Checkers Sixty60’s sales increased by 47.7% to R18.9 billion, for the year ended 30 June. In a SENS announcement, Shoprite Group says its Checkers supermarket chain recorded sales growth of 13.8%, adding R11.6 billion, to reach almost R100 billion in sales. “We continued executing…

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Spike in crime puts digital ID, KYC in the spotlight

Spike in crime puts digital ID, KYC in the spotlight

Jason Lane-Sellers, director of identity and fraud, EMEA, at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Digital identity and know your customer (KYC) technologies are facing heightened scrutiny as human trafficking continues to rise, generating over $150 billion annually and flooding global financial systems with illicit funds and transactions, according to LexisNexis Risk Solutions. A LexisNexis Risk Solutions study…

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