{"id":63777,"date":"2014-07-24T11:16:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T09:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=63777"},"modified":"2014-07-24T11:16:53","modified_gmt":"2014-07-24T09:16:53","slug":"minister-blames-media-for-e-toll-cyber-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/63777\/minister-blames-media-for-e-toll-cyber-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister blames media for e-toll cyber attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Minister of Transport Dipuo Peters has said that \u201csome media houses\u201d were responsible for \u201ccyber attacks\u201d on the e-toll website, BDlive reported<\/a> on Wednesday (23 July, 2014).<\/p>\n

According to the report, the Minister was answering a parliamentary question put to her by Democratic Alliance MP Chris Hunsinger in a written reply.<\/p>\n

Teething problems on the E-toll website, including billing problems, were partly due to the slowness of the website, Peters was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

She blamed the website\u2019s slowness on communications links and cyber attacks, adding that \u201csome media houses\u201d were responsible for the cyber attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is unfortunate that some of the cyber attacks were deliberately perpetrated by unknown persons and some media houses,\u201d Peters was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese incidents have been reported to the law enforcement authorities,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

In March 2014 two more flaws were reported, both of which let attackers see the outstanding balances of any vehicle.<\/p>\n

One of the first E-toll website security concerns to make headlines was the ability to check the outstanding grace-period E-toll bill<\/strong><\/a> for any vehicle, provided you had the license plate number.<\/p>\n

When US President Barack Obama visited South Africa to pay tribute to our former President Nelson Madela, the feature was used to see what Obama\u2019s outstanding E-toll bill<\/strong><\/a> was.<\/p>\n

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No e-toll prosecutions: minister<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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Motorists warned to pay for e-tolls despite hiccups<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

E-tolls should be put to a national vote: DA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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