DIS systems hacked :: Mmegi Online

In a bizarre development information allegedly from the Directorate on Intelligence and Security (DIS) was posted on Facebook raising fears that cyber criminal may have compromised the organisation’s internal communication systems.

Names, identity documents numbers and place of operation were leaked to the public on May 21, by a group calling itself ‘Asparagus’. The information was later posted on the website of a local radio station Facebook Page on Thursday afternoon. Efforts to speak to the DIS Director General Isaac Kgosi were unsuccessful as he is said to be on a trip outside the country for several days.

The leak is in breach of the Intelligence and Security Act, which prohibits the identification of the DIS agents by anyone. According to the group the released names of the DIS agents are just a tip of an iceberg, as more names would be released in future. Only 25 names were released.

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DIS systems hacked

In a bizarre development information allegedly from the Directorate on Intelligence and Security (DIS) was posted on Facebook raising fears that cyber criminal may have compromised the organisation’s internal communication systems.

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