MK party alleges hack after porn appears on Facebook page
The Jacob Zuma-led MK Party has issued an apology to those offended by the pornography posted on its Facebook page.
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party reports that it is striving to regain control of its Facebook page after alleged hackers accessed it and posted pornographic content.
The incident happened on Friday, 26 July and the page has close to 250 000 followers.
MK PARTY FACEBOOK PAGE HACKED
In a statement released on Friday, MK Party spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela said cybersecurity remains a serious threat to all businesses, political parties and global citizens.
Ndhlela said they had been in contact with the Meta (Facebook’s new identity) support team and are working hard to regain control of the account.
“We apologise to anyone who may have been offended by what was shared on our page by the hackers. We will continue to fight to change the plight of our people regardless of whichever threats that may come our way,” he said.
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In 2022, the ANC KZN Facebook page was also hacked.
The party said hackers gained access to the page’s security settings and removed all admin personnel who are members of the ANC’s Department of Information and Publicity.
The ANC in KZN said they understand that the hackers are also attempting to report the page to Facebook with the intention of getting it taken down.
Then-ANC KZN spokesperson, Nhlakanipho Ntombela said the party’s political opponents were clearly threatened by the popularity of the page, which had become the ANC KZN’s trusted voice and authority on information.
According to The Citizen, President Cyril Ramaphosa also came under attack two years ago when the hacking group SpiderLog$ obtained his private data, including details of a loan he took out from a South African bank in the 2000s, his home address, ID number, and cellphone numbers.
In 2021, Ramaphosa was also among 14 heads of state and government selected as people of interest by clients of spyware company NSO Group.
The list included the King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Iraq’s Barham Salih, Egypt’s Mostafa Madbouly, Pakistan’s Imran Khan, Morocco’s Saad-Eddine El Ohtmani, Lebanon’s Saad Hariri, Uganda’s Ruhakana Rugunda, and Belgium’s Charles Michel. The list contained phone numbers for more than 600 government officials and politicians from 34 countries.