The SABC has confirmed that its website was hacked

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They wanted to mess with people trying to force them to pay a streaming license and also cut their Netflix content.
 
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“The SABC would like to appeal to the public not to leave their personal details on the website until this matter is resolved,” it said.
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Any other company would have taken the websites offline or served up a page from a non-compromised server saying the sites are under construction, instead the SABC keeps its scam websites online to maximise the number of people that can be phished.
 
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PsyWulf said:
Smallllll minority of people that do pay their TV farcelicence
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Yep. Can confirm. My mum whatsapped me yesterday to ask me to get the account details for her as she received an sms that her TV license is due for renewal. :notworthy:

Good thing that she didn't go to the website herself. She would have been phished.
 
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pinball wizard said:
Those retards wouldn't know a hacked website from a slice of polony.
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I know a hacked website form a slice of polony and yet I pay my TV license.

Not that I want to, but I followed MyBB advice and told them to stick it about 2 years ago - ended up with my name at a collection agency and getting registered mail threatening legal action. Asked around and well, on mybb everyone is like - they can't **** ignore it - but it doesn't feel so good getting these calls and getting threatened. So I ended caving and the MyBB advise cost me R1500 due to fees and penalties.

So yeah, I pay it now, whilst it's still R265.
 
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GhostSixFour said:
I know a hacked website form a slice of polony and yet I pay my TV license.

Not that I want to, but I followed MyBB advice and told them to stick it about 2 years ago - ended up with my name at a collection agency and getting registered mail threatening legal action. Asked around and well, on mybb everyone is like - they can't **** ignore it - but it doesn't feel so good getting these calls and getting threatened. So I ended caving and the MyBB advise cost me R1500 due to fees and penalties.

So yeah, I pay it now, whilst it's still R265.
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Wow. As Mr Gump would say, "stupid is as stupid does".
 
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GhostSixFour said:
I know a hacked website form a slice of polony and yet I pay my TV license.

Not that I want to, but I followed MyBB advice and told them to stick it about 2 years ago - ended up with my name at a collection agency and getting registered mail threatening legal action. Asked around and well, on mybb everyone is like - they can't **** ignore it - but it doesn't feel so good getting these calls and getting threatened. So I ended caving and the MyBB advise cost me R1500 due to fees and penalties.

So yeah, I pay it now, whilst it's still R265.
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You didn't sign a credit agreement or acknowledgement of debt with them and they are not a registered credit provider. As far as I know you won't find one example on this forum of anyone ever being taken to court for not paying their TV licence.
 
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Right so who's going to be the first to sue them in terms of the POPI act and what fines and penalties are the courts going to impose.................
 
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Shame..Its more than likely someone trying to remove a deceased person from the SABC database after 7 years of trying unsuccessfully.......
 
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