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| Oct 5, 2026 | Ransomware gang threatens to dump more South African client data | The ransomware group behind the June breach at software supplier MIP Holdings has added three more South African organisations to its dark web leak site: legal-expenses insurer LegalWise, municipal workers’ medical scheme Samwumed and Edcon... |
| Sep 29, 2026 | Should South Africa ban ransomware payments? | Richard Firth has paid a ransom and seen what it bought. Now the MIP Holdings CEO wants South Africa to outlaw such payments. “I think banning ransomware payments will be a powerful deterrent,” Firth told TechCentral on Tuesday. MIP, which ... |
| Sep 25, 2026 | Insurers carry the can for MIP breach, regulators say | More than three months after attackers took the personal information of insurance customers from software supplier MIP Holdings, the Information Regulator is still trying to establish how many insurers and policyholders were affected – and ... |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Hollard client data dumped on dark web | The criminal group behind the June breach at MIP Holdings is now extorting South African insurers directly after taking a ransom payment from the software supplier in exchange for an undertaking to destroy the stolen data. Some of the data ... |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Customers of 45 insurers exposed in South African cyber breach | Personal information belonging to the customers of roughly 45 insurance companies was taken from IT service provider MIP Holdings in June, after intruders spent about three weeks inside a support platform the software company was in the mid... |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Home affairs opens visa fast lane – with tech talent a top priority | Companies working on South Africa’s digital communications infrastructure will earn the maximum sector score under the second phase of the department of home affairs’ Trusted Employer Scheme (TES), which opened for expressions of interest o... |
| Jan 29, 2026 | South Africa’s skills advantage is being overlooked at home | The author, Richard Firth South Africa is known all over the world for its natural beauty, its mineral resources and (sometimes) its sporting prowess. Now we are also becoming known as the place to go for cost-effective skills. Netflix is t... |
| Nov 19, 2025 | It’s time for a new approach to government IT spend in South Africa | The author, Richard Firth The South African government spends billions of rand annually on technology and infrastructure, yet citizen-facing systems are well-known for being inadequate for the task. From chronic billing issues in municipali... |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Beyond bandwidth: FNOs should prioritise customer service | Fibre isn’t a luxury anymore – it’s as critical as water or electricity – but the service offered by South Africa’s fibre operators certainly doesn’t reflect this reality. While specific data on the average call centre wait times for local ... |
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Parsers VC has collected 14 articles mentioning End, among them “Ransomware gang threatens to dump more South African client data” (Oct 5, 2026) and “Should South Africa ban ransomware payments?” (Sep 29, 2026).
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Yes, End is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 14, 2026.