SA’s Information Regulator seeks meeting with Liberty over cyber attack

South Africa’s Information Regulator said on Monday it was concerned over reports of a data breach at Liberty and had requested an urgent meeting with the insurer’s CEO to get more details on the cyber attack.

Read: Liberty rejects extortion demands from hackers

Liberty said on Sunday it become aware of the attack when an external party alerted the firm that it had seized data from the insurer and threatened to release it if it was not compensated for the hack. 

Read: Liberty shares fall 5% after cyber attack 

Source: moneyweb.co.za