Competition body wants hackers prosecuted

[rpm]

Competition body wants hackers prosecuted

The Competition Commission has laid criminal charges against the unknown hackers who lifted the lid on highly confidential information about the South African banking system that the four big banks wanted to keep under wraps.

 

[supersunbird]

Its hardly hacking to change the background of the text... (which is one of they ways they did it if I am correct?)

 

[Slaine73]

Hehe Now they're pissed off for not knowing how to keep a secret, secret. Bloody idiots. They published the document without making sure that the sensitive information were decently protected. Screw them.

 

[rwenzori]

What a lot of rubbish! As supersunbird says, changing text colours is hardly hacking! Stupid CC farked up big time!

 

[Pitbull]

Wait,

They published it on their site and people downloaded it. How the hell is that hacking ?

 

[rwenzori]

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=152571 - not sure if it helps to fragment this discussion

Merge maybe?

 

[Pitbull]

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=152571 - not sure if it helps to fragment this discussion

bwana, pls merge them

 

[Sneeky]

hacking, LOL!!!!!!!!!

All they did was re-edit the pdf's that were freely available to the public removing the black overlays.
Nandisile Mokoena, do you understand that the f@#k up is yours, and not a criminal offence?

 

[bwana]

Merge maybe?

bwana, pls merge them

There's an argument to be made about the more exposure the better - they can always be merged at a later stage.

 

[daveza]

Is it possible to lay a charge against unknown persons ?

 

[fskmh]

"The commission gave this undertaking of confidentiality, which is legally binding in terms of the Competition Act."

No PDF password = fired

 

[Pitbull]

"The commission gave this undertaking of confidentiality, which is legally binding in terms of the Competition Act."

No PDF password = fired

But they published it

 

[fskmh]

But they published it

Let's just call that an oversight .

 

[daveza]

A news report on 567 laid the blame on MBB for making available details of how to access the file....

 

[Pitbull]

A news report on 567 laid the blame on MBB for making available details of how to access the file....

Woot !!!!

Free advertizing

But it was obviously not MyBB. May or may not have been a user but hey. It's out there now for all to see. Big up to the person who downloaded the PDF from their website that they published and we where to slow to get our hands on.

Much appreciated

 

[rwenzori]

Well, I downloaded them, if the forum needs them for any spurious court case to show that they are unprotected.

 

[Sneeky]

Nandisile Mokoena was on radio 702 around lunchtime. I was just getting into my car and only caught the last comment from her before she signed off.

Something like, they used 3rd party software to 'hack' and decrypt the documents.

Hilarious.

 

[Pooky]

Is there "incriminating evidence" in it?

 

[rwenzori]

Is there "incriminating evidence" in it?

Look for yourself Pooks! Heavy going, mind you.

Oh, and YES there is!

 

[Slaine73]

Nandisile Mokoena was on radio 702 around lunchtime. I was just getting into my car and only caught the last comment from her before she signed off.

Something like, they used 3rd party software to 'hack' and decrypt the documents.

Hilarious.

Just shows how much the bloody idiots know, and then they wonder how this sensitive information came to be public knowledge. Easy they had it in their hands!