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The state says its computer systems are secure. We looked. They’re not

SITA’s internet services have more than 5,000 security flaws

State public-facing internet services are riddled with vulnerabilities. Illustration: Lisa Nelson
The State Information Technology Agency (SITA) is responsible for much of the state’s computer systems including websites. On 24 May SITA published a statement denying social media claims that “SITA and government infrastructure” had been hit by a “cyberattack or unauthorised access”.
“Our Systems Remain Secure,” said the statement.
We used a standard industry tool to examine the government’s internet services. These are hosted mostly, but not only, on the gov.za domain.
We looked at the section of the internet for which SITA is responsible separately to other government sites. In this article we show the results of the SITA network only.
We found that the government’s systems are…

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