{"id":327957,"date":"2019-07-08T10:46:54","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T08:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=327957"},"modified":"2019-07-08T10:46:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T08:46:54","slug":"south-african-aviation-authority-investigates-possible-hack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/cloud-hosting\/327957\/south-african-aviation-authority-investigates-possible-hack\/","title":{"rendered":"South African aviation authority investigates possible hack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is investigating the possibility that its systems were hacked by a malicious actor.<\/p>\n<p>The CAA is a public entity that is responsible for promoting, regulating and enforcing civil aviation safety and security within the country.<\/p>\n<p>Among other areas, it is responsible for the approval of flight procedures, the licensing of air traffic controllers and ensuring that all aircraft that fly in the country&#8217;s airspace are airworthy.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jacarandafm.com\/news\/news\/sacaa-insists-situation-under-control-amid-hacking-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacaranda<\/a><\/strong>, spokesperson Kabelo Ledwaba said that on 1 July the authority became aware that some of its IT systems were not operating normally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;On closer inspection, it was noted that some files had suspicious characteristics which were regarded as anomalies,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Upon conducting a preliminary investigation it was decided that some of the servers should be disconnected from the network.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ledwaba said that the authority has launched an internal investigation and has notified state authorities about the possible breach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Only after the conclusion of this investigation will we know with absolute certainty that an individual that deliberately attempted to disrupt the services of the CAA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ledwaba said that servers are continuing as usual, but may be slower than normal as they are handled manually.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read:<a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/312632\/most-hacked-passwords-include-liverpool-and-manchester-united\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Most hacked passwords include Liverpool and Manchester United<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South African Civil Aviation Authority is investigating the possibility that its systems were hacked by a malicious actor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":262467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-327957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cloud-hosting","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327957"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327967,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327957\/revisions\/327967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}