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An Insurance group that's South African-based, has been compromised and what's more alarming, Is their IT techs have no Idea how the attack took place. Going by personal experience, the financial sector Is In the top 5 list of vulnerable entities.

South African insurance group Liberty has been hit by hackers, it said on Saturday evening.

“Liberty IT personnel are running around like headless chickens trying to figure out how much data was accessed, and they can’t explain to their bosses how they were hacked,” the newspaper quoted one source as saying.

In a message sent via SMS to customers, Liberty said: “Liberty regrets to inform you that is has been subjected to unauthorised access to its IT infrastructure by an external party who requested compensation for it”.

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