Unitel

Jul 2026 · Graded Attested · Telecommunications · Beyond the filings

Incident summary

UnitelJul 2026
Not yet quantified
AAttested
Angola's largest telecommunications provider suffered a cyberattack that disrupted nationwide voice, mobile data, and internet services just one day before its planned stock market listing. The incident affected more than 21 million subscribers, forcing the company to activate incident response and recovery efforts while services remained degraded. Unitel has not disclosed the attack vector, threat actor, or whether customer data was compromised, but did proceed with their public offering.
Telecommunications
Angola's Unitel hit by cyberattack ahead of stock market debut
Initial attack type not disclosed · Impact operational outage confirmed

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