he University of the Witwatersrand has confirmed its Oracle E-Business system has been hit by a cyber attack that has compromised its system in multiple countries.
“This is a ‘zero-day’ event − a cyber attack which exploits a software vulnerability that is unknown to the software vendor and has no patch. It means that the software developer has zero days to solve the problem before the attack occurs.
Wits University CIO Dr Stanley Mpofu is working with ICT, Oracle and cyber security experts to determine which data has been compromised, notes the institution. It adds that ICT has already implemented all the latest critical patch updates released by Oracle.
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