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We found flaws in Gauteng’s panic button app. The province set the cops on us

The Gauteng Department of e-Government waited two weeks before reporting security flaws to the Information Regulator

Bonginkosi Dhlamini, MEC for the Department of e-Government. Photo: Gauteng government

The Gauteng Department of e-Government waited 14 days before reporting serious security flaws in its e-Panic Button app to the Information Regulator.
The department did send SMS notifications to residents, but these did not explain what personal information had been exposed.
A slide presented by the department to the Gauteng legislature indicates that a criminal complaint has been lodged with the police against GroundUp and/or the student who discovered the vulnerability: me.

In a presentation to the Gauteng legislature’s Portfolio Committees on e-Government and Community Safety, the Gauteng Department of e-Government said it had been to the police to lodge a criminal complaint against GroundUp and/or the student who…

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