Alleged hackers in court for trying to swindle funds from Sassa system

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Three men have been remanded in custody by the Nelspruit Magistrate Court on Monday following their arrest on Friday for allegedly conspiring to steal money by hacking into the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) system.

Pretoria - Three men have been remanded in custody by the Nelspruit Magistrate Court on Monday following their arrest on Friday for allegedly conspiring to steal money by hacking into the South African Social Security Agency system.

“Masilela, Masina and Khumalo were arrested in Nelspruit during an intelligence driven operation by the Hawks' serious corruption investigation [unit] together with cyber crime, local criminal record centre and the South African Social Security Agency,” Sekgotodi said. She said the case has been postponed to August 3 for verification of addresses and possible bail application.

“The three were arrested on Monday during a multi-disciplinary intelligence driven [operation] by the [SAPS] serious organised crime investigation unit, tactical response team, Mpumalanga provincial detectives, crime intelligence, Fidelity Security, Transnet, provincial operation command centre and the local criminal record centre in Witbank, Mpumalanga,” she said.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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