No secret documents stolen in ANC website hack: host
Mosima Hack Team, the group that claimed responsibility for a recent attack on the website of the ANC, said it “seized up documents” before deleting the site.
However, website host Unwembi said that nothing stored on the ANC’s web server was sensitive in nature.
“As everything on the ANC website is in the public domain, claims that seized documents will be released to the media are without substance,” Unwembi said.
Asked how the hackers gained access to the server hosting the ANC’s website, Unwembi’s managing director Andrew Friedman said that hackers adapt and “outpace” the various mechanisms put in place to prevent intrusions.
“Unwembi deploys several security layers, comprising both software and hardware to protect such high profile sites and constantly does testing to mitigate vulnerabilities,” said Friedman.
He added that this lets them detect many attacks which take place constantly and are thwarted.
“Whilst concerning, the full services of the site plus its data were restored within a very short space of time, reducing the impact of this hack.”
Unwembi is still investigating the site’s records, and has already uncovered data that will be forwarded to the authorities for investigation.
Regardless of the promise of legal consequences, the Mosima Team said it had a message for Zuma and his “connected entities”.
“You know who we are, you don’t know where we are, but we will find you,” the Mosima group said.
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