Ahmore Burger-Smidt | 702

Ahmore Burger-Smidt joined Radio702 to discuss her article titled A double-edged sword: revenge porn and the Cybercrimes Act.

Recently, South Africa has been experiencing a barrage of cyber-attacks and/or cyber-related/enabled crimes, with many individuals and organisations being caught flat-footed.

In 2021, South Africa was ranked third in the world for having the highest number of cybercrime victims. Accordingly, cyber security is a growing concern, especially in the context of the increasing ubiquity (omnipresence) of social networks.