\u201cThe focus of the operation is a disassembly of corporations and governments that enable and perpetuate corruption on the African continent.\u201d<\/p>\n
News of the GCIS hack comes shortly after Softpedia reported<\/a><\/strong> that Anonymous had hacked local job portal V-Report.<\/p>\n According to the report, the hackers said they had the private details of over 33,000 job seekers, but chose to only publish the data of government officials.<\/p>\n Softpedia provided the following sample of the leaked data:<\/p>\n The State IT Agency (Sita) and V-Report were asked for comment, but\u00a0had not replied by the time of publication.<\/p>\n It is understood that the hackers gained access to an old GCIS portal not widely used anymore, which contained outdated information. The vulnerability has been tracked down and closed.<\/p>\n [Also read:\u00a0Massive number of South African websites hacked by Anonymous<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n In a separate hacking incident, a Twitter user with the handle\u00a0@TobitowTHA<\/a><\/strong>, who claims to be part of Anonymous, stated he had defaced hundreds of South African websites as part of #OpAfrica.<\/p>\n Posting the image below, he said\u00a0there are 48 million children in the workforce in sub-Saharan Africa, and ended with\u00a0“Fuck the government” – with an image of the South African flag.<\/p>\n ANC Government on Anonymous hack list<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Why Anonymous hackers taking on ISIS is a bad idea<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Shodan: the search engine for sleeping babies<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Anonymous \u201ctaking a long hard look\u201d at South Africa: SAPS hacker<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n![\"Anonymous](\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Anonymous-targets-SA-government-employees.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nMassive number of South African websites hacked<\/h3>\n
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