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Department of Employment and Labour employee arrested for cyber crime
25 January 2020
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The Compensation Fund Anti-Corruption & Integrity Management team was alerted of a cyber attack that took place on Tuesday 21 January 2020, whereby the perpetrator hacked one of the server of the Department of Employment & Labour.
The hacker hacked more than 300 employees, which resulted in their logon details being compromised for malicious purpose. The Compensation Fund Cyber crime team attended to the incident and have been able to identify one of the employees. The arrested employee was stationed at the Sandton Labour Centre. The suspect was arrested on Friday 24 January.
The police were accompanied by the Fund’s Anti-Corruption team during the arrest. A criminal case has been opened and further investigations are underway.
The Fund is committed to curb fraud and corruption and ensure that every person caught committing this act to prejudice the Fund or Department is brought to book. The Department of Employment & Labour is committed to zero tolerance against fraud and corruption.
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Issued by:
Teboho Thejane
Departmental Spokesperson
Department of Labour
082 697 0694
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