The website of the Department of Basic Education has been hacked.<\/p>\n
Hackers gained access to the site on Wednesday evening and replaced its main page with gory and violent images, along with a message citing a religious motive for the attack.<\/p>\n
Images included decapitated corpses.<\/p>\n
Below is the message accompanying the images:<\/p>\n
Hacked by Team System Dz.<\/p>\n
A message to the government, the American people and the rest of the world. Is this the humanity that you claim, or is life irrelevant to Muslims?<\/p>\n
Do not imagine that these actions against Muslims will pass you and we will forget what you did to the Arab and Muslim peoples all over the world. I love Islamic State.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The department issued a statement<\/a><\/strong> regarding the hack, stating it took steps to remove the images and investigate how the website was compromised.<\/p>\n
“In this regard, we have contacted SITA that is responsible for the security system to deal with the hacking as a matter of urgency.”<\/p>\n
The website has been taken down while the department works to restore it.<\/p>\n
Now read:\u00a0Stupidly easy for hackers to attack Eskom<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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