department of defence

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Scammers try to steal from South African soldiers with fraudulent life insurance polices

    Scammers try to steal from South African soldiers with fraudulent life insurance polices Rapport reports that hundreds of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) members deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been fraudulently signed up for life insurance policies over the...
  2. Hanno Labuschagne

    SANDF has no helicopter maintenance contract — while fighting in two wars

    SANDF has no helicopter maintenance contract — while fighting in two wars South Africa has deployed its troops into two wars without renewing a maintenance contract needed to keep its essential attack and transport helicopters flying. A so-called fixed-cost contract between state arms maker...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    SANDF denies it was hacked — again

    SANDF denies it was hacked — again The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has again denied that the Department of Defence's network was hacked following claims of an alleged data breach last week. In a statement on Saturday, 2 September 2023, the SANDF said the incident was the work...
  4. Jan

    "South Africa is a playground for hackers"

    Cyril Ramaphosa's private data hacked Hacking group SpiderLog$ has obtained the details of a loan President Cyril Ramaphosa took out from one of South Africa's top four banks in the 2000s, the Sunday Times reported. SpiderLog$ said it was able to use data leaked by another group called...
  5. Jan

    South Africa has one 80-year-old plane left to patrol its seas

    South Africa has one 80-year-old plane left to patrol its seas South Africa's navy and airforce do not have money to service or replace their scanty contingents of vessels and aircraft essential to protecting the country’s coastline. This is because the South African National Defence Force has...
  6. Kevin Lancaster

    Top-secret SA military satellite

    Top-secret South African satellite South Africa has a top-secret spy satellite, which the government is trying to cover up following an admission of its existence in parliament this past week
  7. Kevin Lancaster

    Samsung devices approved for classified U.S. government use

    Samsung devices approved for classified U.S. government use Samsung Electronics Co. says some of its Galaxy mobile devices were approved to use with classified U.S. government networks and data
  8. Kevin Lancaster

    Tor data not gleaned by U.S. government

    U.S. government did not get Tor data The U.S. Department of Defense did not receive personal data on users of Internet privacy service Tor through a government-funded project to detect vulnerabilities
  9. QuintonB

    What R1.2 billion SA spy satellite?

    R1.2-billion SA spy satellite questions dodged: report The Minister of Defence declined to answer questions on the purported bungling of a R1.2-billion spy satellite project
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