Companies must change their passwords, be vigilant and review their security measures as protection after the CIPC website was hacked.
The CIPC, where all companies in South Africa are registered, says it is not the first organisation to be hacked and after website maintenance that took about 17 hours, has introduced a new customer verification process.
The hackers alleged that the CIPC tried to cover up the fact that it was breached almost three years ago and did nothing to address its weak security. The CIPC says in the notice that it proceeded to comply with all requirements in terms of the Protection of Personal Information Act by notifying the Information Regulator, the South African Police Service and the State Security Agency of the security compromise as soon as the breach became known.
The CIPC also refers to section 187 of the Companies Act, which states that it must make the information in its registers available to the public and organs of state efficiently and effectively.
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