Justice department hit by a costly cyberattack

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Absa bank and the department of justice are investigating the theft of R10-million stolen in a daring hack of the Guardian’s Fund’s accounts in the Pietermaritzburg master of the court offices.

has established that, beyond freezing the rest of the fund’s accounts, the chief master has taken possession of all employee desktops and laptops in the office as part of an investigation. The hope, sources said, is that the transfers can be reversed.

“Absa forensic is involved and there is a real fear that this person could have access to other accounts in our other offices across the country,” said the source. The Guardian’s Fund is also administered in five other masters’ offices: Cape Town, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, Kimberley and Makhanda. Absa’s corporate and investment banking division on Wednesday said: “Kindly be advised that the Department of Justice and Correctional Services is our client. Due to client confidentiality obligations, we are not at liberty to discuss issues pertaining to its account.

 

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CoruscaKhaya Hayisuka this is inside job masingabhanxwa kanti why are these people so dared to clean the entire government resources meant for the society so disgusting

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