Hacker let eNatis off lightly — expert

While I think the website hack is reason for concern, this article is not accurate.

THE ease with which the transport department’s new electronic vehicle registration system, eNatis, was hacked into this week was indicative of a dramatic increase in the number of information technology security breaches in SA, an industry expert said yesterday.

Wolfgang Selzer, who heads the information and communications technology security division at technology consultancy Exponant, said the transport department “must count itself lucky that the hacker chose vanity over greed” by wanting to show off rather than damage the system.


He said the hacker, who signed the department’s website with his computer acronym, could have remained anonymous and fraudulently used the data of millions of motorists stored on the system.
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I don't think it is possible to get into the actual database from the website.
 
Datura said:
I don't think it is possible to get into the actual database from the website.
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Not yet anyway but it will be at some stage because they're planning to introduce online transactions aren't they?
 
i think everyone is making way to big a deal over a simple website hack

i say simple because these okes know what they are doing

i doubt the sysytem was breached

just a thought

ive seen many websites hacked in this country and everyone is making this one such a big deal
 
Nothin worse than citing an 'expert' who either hasn't done his homework or doesn't know what he is talking about.
 
Datura said:
I don't think it is possible to get into the actual database from the website.
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Its seldom possible to do that even from a workstation...
:D

Jokes aside, as someone else has said: at some point the information is going to be online for online processing.
 
Moederloos said:
I at some point the information is going to be online for online processing.
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And when it does get online, it will be stored on a server in America. And of course we can trust that government not to have look at all our details in the name of "the war on terror". :)
 
rpm said:
While I think the website hack is reason for concern, this article is not accurate.
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Yeah, for starters, how can the number of security breaches be significant in a country with so little internet presence?
 
groundnut said:
Yeah, for starters, how can the number of security breaches be significant in a country with so little internet presence?
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the website is on the internet? the rest of the world has internet? any security breach is significant?
 
THE ease with which the transport department’s new electronic vehicle registration system, eNatis, was hacked into this week was indicative of a dramatic increase in the number of information technology security breaches in SA, an industry expert said yesterday.
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I dont see the relevance. To the hacker/kiddies, the enatis site is in the USA. I googled for the "Tao..." and there is another web paged defaced in Italy by the same group.
I question anyone who says they are an IT and security expert. (Many Security firms profit from paranoia, so spread rubbish stories to plug your business and create revenue from this mass hysteria)
 
That Wolfgang bloke ...wasnt he the same twat who was on Carte Blance years ago yodeling about white hats and grey hats and black hats etc? I remember thinking that the only hack this guy is doing is social engineering a niche for himself in the I.T. world.
Then again, lets face it: all I.T. security is extortion on some level. In my tinfoil hat moments I'm stll convinved that Norton employs virus engineers to create a market for thier software...
 
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