130-year-old financial provider that works with some of the biggest companies in South Africa hit by alleged 366GB cyberattack

• Rand Mutual Assurance has received an alert about a data breach, and investigations are underway.
• The ransomware group Kazu claims to have exfiltrated 1.6 million records containing claim information, as well as over 593,786 other company files.
• The company is threatening to leak the records if a ransom demand of $98,000 (R1.57 million) is not met by 4 November 2026.