The Untouchables in a Gangster’s Paradise? Is it reasonable or ethical to make use of companies that do not consider themselves to be held accountable, for their actions in any private or public enterprise? While Big Tech has become seemingly untouchable, even from the US Supreme Court or Whitehouse, the same culture of supremacy, greed, lack of accountability, lack of transparency, and lack of responsibility seems to have created and sustained an environment in South Africa where IT negligence is acceptable, and lack of accountability is the norm, even when it comes to government institutions, contracts and tenders.
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Coincidence? High Court Rules in Favour of IS / Dimension Data, Both of Whom Failed to Keep Crucial IT Software Updated!
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Surely companies that defend a failure to maintain vital IT systems, should not be allowed anywhere near government contracts to support systems serving the people of South Africa? In fact, they should not be allowed any systems at all, but particularly government systems that could be infiltrated such as SARS, IEC, Home Affairs, EVDS, Eskom etc. especially given that SA Court systems are already insecure as SA-News recently reported.
Internet service provider iSAT South Africa has been struggling with an ugly ongoing dispute with the company formerly trading as Internet Solutions which was taken over by Dimension Data. Dimension Data/NTT Ltd stands accused of causing severe financial and reputational harm to iSAT over their failed cloud system called CVM, which iSAT had been using
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SA Courts No Longer Secure! How Long Before SA Balkanizes and is Declared a Humanitarian Disaster?
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It is already clear that SA’s law enforcers, the police, are not fit for purpose, but now the courts themselves are falling apart. Cybercriminals have infiltrated and paralysed the SA court’s network systems, raising fears that the banking details of people and businesses dealing with the courts have been compromised, and may be made public. There have also been widespread outages from many of the government’s websites, after underground internet cables were damaged on Friday. At the same time, the Potgietersrus Magistrate’s Court and detective branch have been without power for four days, after the Mogalakwena local municipality cut off the power due to non-payment.
The ransomware attack forced courts to use manual recording equipment so that cases could proceed as scheduled, and a handwritten process was also used to provide the families of deceased individuals with the necessary documentation, to conduct funerals.
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SA Howe nie Meer Sekuur nie! Hoe Lank Voor SA Balkaniseer en as ‘n Humanitêre Ramp Verklaar Word?
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Dit is al duidelik dat SA se wetstoepassers, die polisie, nie geskik vir hul doel is nie, maar nou val die ANC howe self uitmekaar uit. Kuberkrakers het die howe in Suid-Afrika se netwerkstelsels binnegedring en dit lam gele, wat vrese laat ontstaan dat mense en besighede wat transaksies met die howe doen, se bankbesonderhede in die gedrang gekom het, en dalk openbaar word. Daar is ook wydverspreide onderbrekings van baie van die regering se webwerwe na ondergrondse internetkabels Vrydagoggend beskadig is. Terselfdertyd is die Potgietersrus-landdroshof en speurtak al vier dae sonder krag, na die Mogalakwena-plaaslike munisipaliteit die krag gesny het weens wanbetaling.
Die kuberaanval het howe genoodsaak om handelings opnametoerusting te gebruik sodat sake soos geskeduleer kan voortgaan, en ‘n skriftelike proses is ook gebruik om die gesinne van oorlede individue van die nodige dokumentasie te voorsien, om begrafnisse uit te kan uitvoer. Intuss
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